The Wave

Name: The Wave
Genre: Drama
Released: 1936
Duration: 61 min
Rating: 6.4

1936 · 61 min

Drama

★ 6.4

Criterion

A Mexican fisherman, whose son has died because he could not afford necessary medical care out of his meagre wages, becomes aware of how badly exploited he and his many fellow fisherman are by the one greedy man for whom they work and the corrupt politician who makes the laws to benefit him.

Crew

Director Fred Zinnemann
Director Emilio Gómez Muriel
Story Agustín Velázquez Chávez
Story Paul Strand
Director of Photography Paul Strand

Cast

S
Silvio Hernández
Miro
A
Antonio Lara
El Zurdo
M
Miguel Figueroa
Miguel
R
Rafael Hinojosa
El Candidato
F
Felipe Rojas
Mingo
David Valle González
Don Anselmo
S
Susana Ortiz Cobos
Miro's Wife

Crew

Director — Fred Zinnemann
Director — Emilio Gómez Muriel
Story — Agustín Velázquez Chávez
Story — Paul Strand
Director of Photography — Paul Strand

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