This gripping tale, set in the 1960s, is a spy-swap drama, based on true events.
The Americans want to recover Gary Powers, a U2 spy plane pilot, who was shot down and captured by the Soviets, and offer to hand over a Russian spy, Rudolf Abel.
The plan is to exchange the prisoners on the Glienecke Bridge - the so-called Bridge of Spies - which spanned East and West Berlin. There is a tense build-up to the negotiations, with a lot of mistrust and shifting of positions on both sides.
Stephen Spielberg's film stars Tom Hanks as Donovan, the lawyer who brokers the agreement and Mark Rylance plays the Russian, Abel. Both actors put in excellent performances and we believe in their respectful relationship.
This is a good story, well filmed, and well acted. A must-see film at the Flavel.
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