Bridge of Spies
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- Released On
- 2015-10-15
- Nomination Year
- 2015 (88th Oscars)
- Best Picture Result
- Did not win
- Duration
- 141 minutes
- Description
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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.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Internal ID
- 103
Cast
- Tom Hanks (James B. Donovan)
- Mark Rylance (Rudolf Abel)
- Amy Ryan (Mary Donovan)
- Alan Alda (Thomas Watters Jr.)
- Sebastian Koch (Wolfgang Vogel)
- Austin Stowell (Francis Gary Powers)
- Billy Magnussen (Doug Forrester)
- Michael Simon Hall (Reporter)
- Edward James Hyland (Chief Justice Earl Warren)
- Stephen Kunken (William Tompkins)