Bridge of Spies (2015)

***Bridge of Spies*** is a 2015 historical drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Matt Charman and the Coen brothers, and starring Tom Hanks in the lead role, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, and Alan Alda. Set during the Cold War, the film tells the story of lawyer James B. Donovan, who is entrusted with negotiating the release of Francis Gary Powers—a U.S. Air Force convicted pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960—in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a convicted Soviet KGB spy held by the United States, whom Donovan represented at trial. The name of the film refers to the Glienicke Bridge, which connects Potsdam with Berlin, where the prisoner exchange took place. The film was an international co-production of the United States and Germany.

## Shooting

* Filming was from September 8th, 2014 - mid December of 2014.

## Cast

* Mark Rylance - Rudolf Abel
* Domenick Lombardozzi - Agent Blasco
* Victor Verhaeghe - Agent Gamber
* Mark Fichera - FBI Agent
* Brian Hutchison - FBI Agent
* Tom Hanks - James B. Donovan
* Joshua Harto - Bates
* Henny Russell - Receptionist
* Rebekah Brockman - Alison (Donovan's Secretary)
* Alan Alda - Thomas Watters Jr.
* John Rue - Lynn Goodnough
* Billy Magnussen - Doug Forrester
* Amy Ryan - Mary Donovan
* Jillian Lebling - Peggy Donovan
* Noah Schnapp - Roger Donovan
* Eve Hewson - Carol Donovan
* Joel Brady - Police Officer (Brooklyn Courthouse)
* Austin Stowell - Francis Gary Powers
* Michael Pemberton - Lie Detector Test Administrator
* Jesse Plemons - Joe Murphy
* Geoffrey Rude - Pilot in Motel Room
* Michael Rempen - Pilot in Motel Room
* Michael Gaston - Agent Williams
* Dakin Matthews - Judge Byers
* Stephen Kunken - William Tompkins
* Scott Shepherd - Hoffman
* Jon Curry - Agent Somner
* Wes McGee - US Pilot
* Jim C. Ferris - Bailiff (as Jim Ferris)
* Lucia Ryan - Crying Girl
* Nolan Lyons - Classroom Boy #1
* Hayley Feinstein - Classroom Girl #1
* Victoria Leigh - Classroom Girl #2
* Sawyer Barth - Classroom Boy #2
* Ashlie Atkinson - Classroom Teacher
* Haley Rawson - Teacher
* Laurie Dawn - Secretary on Subway
* Andy Schneeflock - Gentleman on Subway #1
* James Lorinz - Gentleman on Subway #2
* Patricia Squire - Older Lady on Subway (as Pat Squire)
* Mario Corry - Clerk
* Donavon Dietz - Foreman
* Le Clanché du Rand - Millie Byers
* Mike Houston - Man in Courtroom
* Joe Starr - Courthouse Reporter
* Hamilton Clancy - Courthouse Reporter
* Jonathan Walker - Courthouse Reporter
* Greg Nutcher - NYPD Lieutenant
* Tracy Howe - Angry NYPD Cop
* Edward James Hyland - Justice Warren
* John Taylor - Radio Newscaster (voice)
* Steven Boyer - Marty
* John Henry Cox - Partner at Watters Law Firm
* Mark Zak - Soviet Judge (Powers' Trial)
* Victor Schefé - Soviet Translator
* Peter McRobbie - Allen Dulles
* Will Rogers - Frederic Pryor
* Daniela Schulz - Family #1 at Berlin Wall Construction
* Moritz Berg - Family #1 at Berlin Wall Construction
* Emma Nazahn - Family #1 at Berlin Wall Construction
* Matthias Scherwenikas - Family #2 at Berlin Wall Construction
* Greta Galisch de Palma - Family #2 at Berlin Wall Construction
* Matilda Palma Galisch - Family #2 at Berlin Wall Construction
* Nadja Bobyleva - Katje
* Kai Wido Meyer - East German Soldier #1
* Kristoffer Fuss - East German Soldier #2
* Thomas Hacikoglu - East German Soldier #3
* David Wilson Barnes - Mr. Michener
* Joe Forbrich - Pinker
* Henning Bormann - Prison Official
* Ketel Weber - Checkpoint Soldier #1
* Maik Rogge - Checkpoint Soldier #2
* Tim Morten Uhlenbrock - Checkpoint Soldier #3
* Matthias Gärtner - East German Youth (as Mathias Gärtner)
* Rafael Gareisen - East German Youth
* Nico Ehrenteit - East German Youth
* Radik Golovkov - Soviet Embassy Receptionist
* Petra-Maria Cammin - Helen Abel (as Petra Maria Cammin)
* Luce Dreznin - Lydia Abel (as Lucy Dreznin)
* Michael Schenk - Cousin Drews
* Michael Gor - Ivan Schischkin (as Mikhail Gorevoy)
* Sebastian Koch - Wolfgang Vogel
* Wanja Götz - Soviet Guard
* Stefan Langel - Soviet Guard
* Vladimir Vilanov - Soviet Guard
* Ivan Shvedoff - 2nd Soviet Interrogator
* Merab Ninidze - Soviet Main Interrogator
* Konstantin Frolov - Soviet Director / Official
* Steve Cirbus - Michael Verona
* Michael Kranz - Checkpoint Guard #1
* Max Kidd - Checkpoint Guard #2
* Frederic Heidorn - East German Guard (Pryor)
* Nils Malten - East German Guard (Donovan)
* Nina Gummich - Hilton Waitress
* Burghart Klaußner - Harald Ott (as Burghart Klaussner)
* Max Mauff - Ott's Secretary
* Jon Donahue - Agent Faye
* Martin Dew - CIA Agent (Glienicke Bridge)

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Peter Arpesella - Subway Station Businessman (voice) (uncredited)
* Xan Aspero - Businessman (uncredited)
* Joachim Paul Assböck - East German Officer (uncredited)
* Marshall Axt - Featured Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
* Guy Ayad - Photographer (uncredited)
* Stephen Badalamenti - Man Yelling (uncredited)
* Mateusz Balcerek - German Boy (uncredited)
* C.T. Brauner - Mitchener's Driver (uncredited)
* Gregory M. Brown - Next Door Neighbor (uncredited)
* Marko Caka - Reporter (uncredited)
* Yaz Canli - Refugee (uncredited)
* Phil Cappadora - FBI Agent (uncredited)
* Giovanni Celentano - Court Officer Harris (uncredited)
* Peter Conboy - Neighbor (uncredited)
* Ethan Coskay - Classmate (uncredited)
* Vincent Cucuzza - FBI Agent (uncredited)
* John Davis - Astoria Kid (uncredited)
* Dennis Duswalt - Federal Marshal (uncredited)
* Scott Eliasoph - Juror (uncredited)
* James Farley - FBI Agent (uncredited)
* Keri Flaherty - Natalie (uncredited)
* Isaac Galizio - Astoria Kid (uncredited)
* Michael Wren Gucciardo - Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
* Michael Simon Hall - Reporter (uncredited)
* Marc A. Hermann - Press Photographer (uncredited)
* Robert Homann-Cauquil - Texan Oil Business Man (uncredited)
* Frederik Klaus - Citizen West-Berlin (uncredited)
* Timothy Klein - Second Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
* Benjamin Kohzer - CIA Agent (uncredited)
* Ron Komora - Justice Lafayette Black (uncredited)
* Alim Kouliev - Russian General (voice) (uncredited)
* Alex M. Kowall - Journalist (uncredited)
* Vitali Kwillitsch - Russian Soldier (uncredited)
* David Lamberton - Supreme Court Reporter (uncredited)
* Lilianna LaVertu - Classmate (uncredited)
* Paul Jude Letersky - Lunch Box Neighbor (uncredited)
* Will MacAdam - Thomas Watter's Law Assoc. (uncredited)
* Doris McCarthy - Upscale Bar Patron (uncredited)
* Kevin Medina - Police Officer (uncredited)
* Mdivani Monroe - Juror (uncredited)
* Josh Mowery - Neighbor on Lawn (uncredited)
* Joseph Daniel Murphy - Classmate (uncredited)
* Jon Necaj - Boy in yard & in the street (uncredited)
* J.T. O'Connor - Bailiff (uncredited)
* Phil Oddo - Courtroom Attendant (uncredited)
* John Ohkuma - FBI Agent (uncredited)
* Jon L Peacock - Subway Stairs Walker (uncredited)
* Aleksandrs Petukhovs - Subway Stairs Walker (uncredited)
* Craig Joseph Pisani - Subway Rider (uncredited)
* Michael Power - NYPD Officer (uncredited)
* Francis Gary Powers Jr. - CIA Agent (uncredited)
* David L. Price - Vopo Commanding Officer (uncredited)
* Rainer Reiners - Cab Driver (uncredited)
* Casey Roberts - Neighborhood Boy (uncredited)
* Zak Roland - Angry Train Passenger (uncredited)
* Rock Ryan - Subway Stairs Walker (uncredited)
* Mike Scerbo - Blue Collar Pedestrian (uncredited)
* Pavel Shatu - News Reporter (uncredited)
* Nancy Ellen Shore - Neighbor on Lawn (uncredited)
* Robert Shulman - Storekeeper / Sanitation Worker (uncredited)
* Chris Sirois - Subway Passenger (uncredited)
* Michael Szuslik - Subway Rider (uncredited)
* Chris Theisinger - Hilton Guest (uncredited)
* Nicholas Thomas - Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
* Paul Thornton - Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
* John Vaughan - CIA Agent (uncredited)
* Laurenz Wiegand - East German Youth (uncredited)
* Alexis Winter - Classmate (uncredited)
* Junes Zahdi - Officer (uncredited)
* Leonard Zimmerman - Sharp Elbowed Reporter (uncredited)

### Archival footage

* Jacqueline Beer - Suzanne Fabry
* Edd Byrnes - Kookie
* Richard Long - Rex Randolph
* Roger Smith - Jeff Spencer