Movie
Bridge of Spies
Overview
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-10-15
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TSG Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Studio Babelsberg, Fox 2000 Pictures, Marc Platt Productions, Participant, Reliance Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures
- Country
- United States of America, Germany, India
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan
- Mark Rylance as Rudolf Abel
- Amy Ryan as Mary Donovan
- Alan Alda as Thomas Watters Jr.
- Sebastian Koch as Wolfgang Vogel
- Austin Stowell as Francis Gary Powers
- Billy Magnussen as Doug Forrester
- Michael Simon Hall as Reporter
- Edward James Hyland as Chief Justice Earl Warren
- Stephen Kunken as William Tompkins
- Mike Houston as Man in Courtroom
- James Lorinz as Gentleman on Subway #2
Crew
- Steven Spielberg - Director
- Joel Coen - Writer
- Ethan Coen - Writer
- Matt Charman - Writer
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