What's the next move when you don't know what the game is?

Rating: 9/10 (20 September 2018)

Sir Mark Rylance earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Rudolf Abel, a German immigrant in the United States over espionage in the late fifties. America was going through the McCarthy era where the fear of communism was paranoia. As a daughter of parents who lived through Communism Eastern Europe in the fifties, they immigrated to the United States. The Germany especially the East Berlin side was grim and bleak under communism. This film did a terrific job in relating and bringing the story to life about James Donovan, a lawyer who defended Abel under enormous pressure. His family endured bullying and taunting from friends, neighbors and colleagues. Tom Hanks was perfect in the role by the way. Alan Alda also played a supporting role. Again the film really belonged to Sir Mark Rylance who was also awarded Knighthood for his services as an actor. I could watch him in anything.