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Bridge of Spies
UNITED STATES · 2015

Bridge of Spies

Steven Spielberg
Cold War prisoner exchange diplomatic negotiation espionage moral ambiguity
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Synopsis

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 R

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