Bridge of Spies
“In the shadow of war, one man showed the world what we stand for.”
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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Cast
70 people
Tom Hanks
James B. Donovan
Known for
Forrest Gump
Toy Story
Marko Caka
Reporter
Mark Rylance
Rudolf Abel
Known for
Dunkirk
The BFG
Amy Ryan
Mary Donovan
Known for
The Wire
Central Intelligence
Alan Alda
Thomas Watters Jr.
Known for
Marriage Story
M*A*S*H
Sebastian Koch
Wolfgang Vogel
Known for
A Good Day to Die Hard
The Lives of Others
Austin Stowell
Francis Gary Powers
Known for
Whiplash
Colossal
Billy Magnussen
Doug Forrester
Known for
Maniac
Aladdin
Michael Simon Hall
Reporter
Known for
I Know This Much Is True
Edward James Hyland
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Known for
The Switch
Jules
Stephen Kunken
William Tompkins
Known for
The Handmaid's Tale
Billions
Mike Houston
Man in Courtroom
Known for
Orange Is the New Black
Deliver Us from Evil
Steven Spielberg Director · Joel Coen Writer Ethan Coen Writer
Worldwide gross $165M · Budget $40M · United States release October 16, 2015
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$165,478,348
Gross vs. budget
4.1×
Production
TSG Entertainment
Production
Amblin Entertainment
Production
Studio Babelsberg
Production
Fox 2000 Pictures
Production
Marc Platt Productions
Production
Participant
Production
Reliance Entertainment
Production
DreamWorks Pictures
Production
DreamWorks
Studio · Production
Participant Media
Production
United States · Germany · India
Produced in
St. James Place
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Russian
Release dates
United States · October 4, 2015
Premiere · New York Film Festival
United States · October 16, 2015
Theatrical
United States · February 2, 2016
Physical
Argentina
October 29, 2015 · Theatrical
Australia
October 22, 2015 · Theatrical
Austria
October 16, 2015 · Theatrical
Azerbaijan
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Belgium
November 4, 2015 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 22, 2015 · Theatrical
Canada
October 16, 2015 · Theatrical
Chile
October 15, 2015 · Theatrical
Czechia
December 3, 2015 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Finland
November 27, 2015 · Theatrical
France
December 2, 2015 · Theatrical
Germany
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Greece
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 26, 2015 · Digital
Ireland
November 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Israel
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Italy
December 17, 2015 · Theatrical
Japan
January 8, 2016 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Lithuania
November 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Philippines
October 15, 2015 · Theatrical
Poland
November 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Romania
November 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Russia
November 11, 2015 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 15, 2015 · Theatrical
Slovakia
December 3, 2015 · Theatrical
South Africa
November 6, 2015 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 5, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
December 4, 2015 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 27, 2015 · Theatrical
April 4, 2016 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Switzerland
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 16, 2015 · Theatrical
Türkiye
November 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Ukraine
November 26, 2015 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Vietnam
October 23, 2015 · Theatrical
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