Spielberg’s new film is a spy thriller referring to the Cold War period. It tells the story of Francis Gary Powers – a pilot whose U2 plane was shot down by the Russians during a reconnaissance flight in 1960. The main character is the lawyer James Dovovan hired by CIA, who negotiates the release of the pilot with the Russians. The cast includes Hollywood film stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda and Eve Hewson. The screenplay was written by Joel and Ethan Coens on the basis of the original texts by Matt Chairman and shots were made by Janusz Kamiński. The score for the film will be composed by Thomas Newman; he will replace John Williams, who withdrew from the project for health reasons.
'Bridge of Spies' was shot in Wroclaw in November 2014. Kurkowa, Ptasia and Mennicza streets played Berlin from the Cold War period. The key scene of the exchange of prisoners on the Glienicke bridge on the Haweli river, which functioned as a border between West Berlin and East Germany during the Cold War, was also shot in Wroclaw. It was the place when the first exchange of spies between superpowers took place on the 10th of February 1962. The USA released the Russian spy Colonel Rudolf Abel in return for the pilot Francis Gary Powers.
