Bridge of Spies
In the shadow of war, one man showed the world what we stood for.
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.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Worldwide
- $165M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
34 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The record
Awards
2 wins · 6 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 6 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Bridge of Spies returned 4.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $165M
- Release date
- Oct 15, 2015
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- Germany, India
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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