Bridge of Spies (2015) - full transcript

1957 - COLD WAR

INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS

The next stop is Broad Street.

Broad Street will be next.

Upstairs. This way.

He did not come up this way.

Anything.

He is not up here.

Go back down.

Excuse me.

Go ahead and park

around the corner.

Visitors.

Do you mind if I

fetch my teeth?

Colonel, would you

turn around, please?

Sit down on the bed.

Let us go.

They are in the... The teeth

are in the on the sink.

Look at me. We are agents...

from the Federal Bureau

of Investigation.

Look at me!

I am talking to you.

We have received

information...

concerning your

involvement in espionage.

You can either cooperate

with us right now,

or, you will be under arrest.

Do you understand, Colonel?

No, not really.

Why do you keep

calling me "Colonel"?

You need to get dressed.

We have to search

your apartment.

Would you mind if I

cleaned my palette?

The paints, it will

be ruined otherwise.

It is just behind you there.

I have a cloth myself.

Thank you.

Start searching the place. Thank you.

All right! Search

the mattress,

the bed, the floorboards, his chair.

Would you put that in the ashtray?

On the window still there.

Take a good look at that desk.

Let us see the desk.

Would you not want

to get this ruined?

Do not you say "my guy."

He is not "my guy."

Yes, he is "your guy."

Who about are we talking?

We are talking about a guy

whom did my client?

So, do not make him "my guy."

Okay, fine.

My point is, the guy

insured by your client,

He does not deny that any

of these things happened.

"These... These things"?

Yes, these five things.

Wait, hold it, and hold

it, and hold it.

Not five things.

One thing.

Clearly, it is five things.

Well, I am sorry, It

is not clear to me.

Five things? Explain it to me.

It is self-evident.

Okay, and then tell

me what happened.

Tell me the story in a way that

makes sense for five things.

Fine, absolutely.

Your guy is...

Not my guy. Insured

by my client.

The guy insured

by your client...

is driving down

State Highway 19.

When he loses control of his

car and hits my five guys.

The five people who hired me

to represent them.

Because you are not

honoring your claim.

You mean my client is not honoring

the claim, the insurance company?

Mr. Donovan, we are all

clear who is who, here?

Except my client

honors every claim.

They do, Mr. Bates.

Every single legitimate claim,

up to the limit of

their liability.

Which is $100,000

per accident?

In the case of

this man's policy.

And, this is one claim.

According to your description:

"He hit my five guys."

The guy insured by my

client had one accident.

One, one, one.

Losing control of the car and

hitting five motorcyclists.

From their point of view,

five things happened.

Look, Bob. May I Bob?

"Jim."

If I go, bowling and I throw a

strike, one thing happened.

Ten things did not happen.

Jim, my people are

not bowling pins.

As much as your guy may

have treated them as such.

If... Let me finish.

Let me finish.

If your house is

insured for $100,000.

And, a tornado

carries it away,

it carried away one house.

It did not pick up every

stick of furniture.

And, destroy it in a

separate incident.

If that is what,

you are saying,

Then, there is never any

limit to our liability.

That is the end of the

insurance business.

Then, Bob nobody is safe.

Waters, Cowan and Donovan.

How may I direct your call?

Good morning, Mr. Donovan!

Good morning, Alison!

I moved your 9:00 a.m.

with Prudential, Sir.

Why did you do that?

I asked to her do.

Is everything all right, Tom?

Why do not you leave your stuff

with Alison, and come on inside?

Something important

has come up.

Somebody is here to see us.

Natalie is getting

your coffee.

Nescafe, cream, two lumps.

Right?

That is right. Thanks.

- Lynn!

- Jim!

Nice to see you again.

How is the family?

Great, good. Thanks.

How is Annie?

Homicide. We had the

in-laws for the holiday.

If she acts on it, she will

have good representation.

Now, what is up?

Okay, here is the thing.

The Soviet spy who caught,

we want you to defend him.

Here is the indictment.

Wow!

I am not sure. I want

to pick that up.

The accused does not

know any lawyers.

The federal court

tossed it into our lap.

The Bar Committee took a vote.

You are the unanimous choice.

It is important to us.

It is important to

our country, Jim.

That this man is

getting a fair chance.

American justice

will be on trial.

Of course! When you

put it that way.

It is an honor asked.

But, Lynn, I am an

insurances lawyer.

I have not done

criminal work in years.

It is like riding a bike.

Is not it?

You distinguished

yourself at Nuremberg.

I was on the prosecution team.

Not the point.

You are no stranger

to criminal law.

Jim, look at the situation.

The man reviled publicly.

And, I will be, too.

Yes, in quarters that

is more ignorant.

That is exactly why

this has done,

and, capably done.

It cannot look like

our justice system,

tosses people on the ash heap.

Suppose I will do. As the

evidence, looks like.

Very overwhelming.

Great. Great.

Everyone will hate me but

at least I will lose.

What do you think, Tom?

The firm will suffer.

I have work here.

I think it is a

patriotic duty.

It is an important mission.

I told Lynn, the firm

could not say no.

You would have a tough

time saying no, too.

I think you have to defend

the son of a bitch.

You are doing it.

What are you doing?

Defending Abel,

the Soviet spy.

I may. I have to speak to...

Wait! How do you know? Did they

post it on the bulletin board?

No, I... I was talking

to Richard Earl.

Look, if I do this, I am

going to need your help.

Can you work tonight?

I have a dinner date, Sir.

It is Tuesday, right. Yeah, no,

I am free, completely free.

Thank you, Sir.

It is also an honor.

And, the Bar Association

asked me...

because they want to

show that even a spy,

gets a capable advocate.

Maybe it is the kind of

honor without we could do.

Honey, what are you

doing in home?

I have stood up.

That is despicable.

Who is this knot-head?

I would rather not to say.

Sit down. We just started.

People are scared.

They are building bomb shelters

to protect themselves.

- From people like this man.

- Ok.

I go to the store,

people are buying canned

food and Potassium tablets.

It is all about this man,

and what represents.

He is a threat to all of us.

A traitor.

- Who is a traitor?

- The Rosenberg was traitor.

Who were they?

They gave atomic secrets

to the Russians.

They were Americans.

They betrayed their country.

You cannot accuse Abel

of being a traitor.

He is not an American.

Listen to yourself.

You are defending him already.

You are rehearsing it on me.

You said you were just

thinking about taking it.

I am just thinking about

it, just very hard.

Everyone deserves a defense.

Every guy matters.

Jim, what do we deserve?

Do you know how people

will look at us?

Family man is trying

to free a traitor.

He is not a traitor, Mary.

Yes, yes.

Roger, get that! He

is not a traitor.

Why do I have to

do all the work?

- You wait until us say grace.

- I am hungry!

He is about the most unpopular

man in this country.

You are trying to take

the second place!

Yeah, and I am third.

- Carol, you are dating wrong guy.

- I want eat.

Mary, do not make

this argument.

When we are not

having an argument.

You are against him.

I am for him.

No. I am not for him. I am not

for the Russians spying on us.

I am for his right to have a

defense in a court of law.

This is why they call

it a court of law.

Sorry, Sir. I did not mean to

interrupt dinner.

A court of law... Hey, Doug.

No. Not at all. Hello, Doug.

Jim was just flailing.

I am not flailing. Go ahead, Doug.

You can join us for dinner.

We are having

meatloaf tonight.

You came over here to

help Jim think about...

Whether is he taking the case?

We are taking it! It is

exciting, is not it?

Lord, we thank thee

for blessings.

We are about to receive.

Thy bounty through

Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Good morning, Sir. My

name is Jim Donovan.

These are my credentials.

I am a partner in Waters,

Cowan and Donovan.

I had been admitted to the

New York Bar in 1941.

You had charged with 3

counts and 19 overt acts,

conspiracy to transmit

United States defense,

atomic secrets to

the Soviet Union.

Conspiracy to gather secrets.

And, failing to register

as a foreign agent.

Have many foreign

agents register?

If you do not mind

my asking, Sir.

Since your arrest.

Where have you been?

I could not say certainly.

You do not know.

They drove me to an airport.

And, put me on a plane,

took me off the plane.

Somewhere hot.

It is hot here.

Hotter, very humid.

They put me in a room.

You was beaten.

No.

I talked.

Offers was made.

What do you mean?

Offers of employment, to

work for your government.

Told if I cooperated,

no further charges would

be made against me.

They would give me money.

And, you declined?

As you see.

Of course! I cannot

endorse that.

I feel duty-bound to urge you,

to cooperate with the U.S.

government.

I said no.

Perhaps you could relay to your

friends at the CIA that I meant it.

No, no, no. I am not.

I do not work for the agency.

I do not work for

the government.

I am here to offer my services

as your legal counsel.

If you accept them as such,

I work for you.

If I accept you.

Are you good on what you do?

Yeah. Yeah, I am very good.

Have you represented

many accused spies?

No, not yet.

This will be the

first for both.

Yes.

All right!

"All right"? You accept.

Yes, all right!

Good, okay.

Let us start here.

If you are firm in

your resolve it,

not to cooperate with the U.S.

government...

I am.

Yeah.

Then do not talk to anybody

else about your case.

Inside of government

or outside.

Except to me, to the

extent that you trust me.

I have a mandate to serve you.

Nobody else does.

Frankly, everybody else

has an interest...

in sending you to

the electric chair.

All right!

You do not seem alarmed.

Would it help?

I would like

materials to draw.

That is not possible.

A pencil, a piece of paper.

Cigarettes.

Please?

Mr. Donovan, you

is a man like me,

doing the same for

your country.

If they were caught...

I am sure that you wish

them treated well.

What is your name?

Francis Gary Powers.

Rank, service?

First Lieutenant, United

States Air Force.

Do you have any association?

With the Soviet Union,

Lieutenant Powers.

Are you kidding?

Just answer the

questions, lieutenant.

Yes, no, or as

simply as you can.

Do you have any association

with the Soviet Union?

Hell, no.

Do you know why you are here?

Is that a no?

Yes. I mean...

No. It is just "no."

Yes. I have absolutely

no idea why I am here.

Eyes front, Lieutenant.

Yes, sir.

How would you do

in there, Gary?

Very good. I think. I

got my name right.

You probably outscored

Shin, then.

Who is winning?

That would be me.

Well, deal me in.

These are all mine, then.

I told you boys not

to play with him.

Okay, drivers.

Here is the deal.

You selected for a mission.

Which you are not to discuss.

With anyone outside

of this room.

No one.

I do not care who you trust.

Wife, mother, sweetheart.

The good Lord when

you pray at night.

You do not tell any

of them anything.

Of what I am about

to tell you.

Each of drivers has met

certain qualifications.

High-level security clearance.

Exceptional pilot ratings...

in excess of the required

hour's flight time...

in a single-seat aircraft.

We are engaged in a war.

A war does in this moment,

not involve men-at-arms.

It involves information.

You will be collecting

information.

You will be gathering

intelligence about the enemy.

The intelligence you gather

could give us the upper hand...

in a full thermonuclear

exchange with the Soviet Union.

Or it could prevent one.

For public purposes,

as far as your wife or mother.

Or, sweetheart, the good Lord,

your mission does not exist.

If it does not exist.

You do not exist.

You cannot be shot down.

You cannot be captured.

You work for the CIA now.

Jim, I heard your guy is

speaking with a phony accent.

Does he keep this

up all the time?

Actually, I am sure that

is just the way he talks.

He has the Russian name.

However, a British passport.

I doubt that is genuine.

So, Jim, where are we?

I see here...

Yes. Judge, you see...

I just do not think that three

weeks are going to do it.

We got a massive amount

of evidence, as you know.

Do you want to postpone?

Six weeks.

I mean, there is just myself

and, my associate.

Jim, is this serious?

Sir?

Is this serious?

Yes. Yes, indeed it is.

You can see in the file.

Jim, this man is a Soviet spy.

- Allegedly.

- Come on! Counselor!

Your Honor.

Of course, I salute you.

We all salute you for

taking on a thankless task.

This man has due process.

Let us not kid each other.

He will receive a

capable defense.

And, God willing.

He will be convicted.

Come on! Counselor.

Let us not play

games with this.

Not in my courtroom.

We have a date.

And, we are going to trial.

Taxi!

Taxi!

I see your light on!

Son of a bitch!

You cannot wait to get

back to Manhattan.

His light was on, right?

Son of a bitch!

Against their

level of comfort.

The statute has not changed.

Excuse me, Sir.

Pardon me. Sorry.

Mr. Donovan?

What?

What?

CIA.

Yeah.

I just wanted to chat.

How is the case going?

The case is going great,

could not be better.

Has your guy talked?

Excuse me.

You met him. Has he talked?

Has he said anything yet?

We are not having

this conversation.

No. Of course not.

No. I mean. We really

are not having it.

You are asking me to violate

attorney-client privilege.

Come on! Counselor.

You know, I wish

people like you.

Would stop saying: "Come on!

Counselor."

I did not like it the first

time it happened today.

A judge said it to me twice.

And, more I hear it,

more I do not like it.

Ok. Listen. I understand

attorney-client privilege.

I understand all the

legal competitiveness.

I understand that is

how you make a living.

I am talking to you

about something else.

The security of your country.

And, I am sorry if the way

I put it offends you.

We need to know. What

is Abel telling to you?

Do you understand me, Donovan?

We need to know.

You do not go with

"Boy Scout" on me.

We do not have a

rulebook, here.

You are Agent Hoffman, yeah.

Yeah.

German extraction.

Yeah, so?

My name is Donovan. Irish.

Both sides, mother and father.

I am Irish. You are German.

What makes us both Americans?

Just one thing.

One, one, one.

The rulebook.

We call it the Constitution.

And, we agree to the rules.

That is what makes

us Americans.

It is all that makes

us Americans.

So, do not tell me

there is no rulebook.

And, do not nod at me like

that, you son of a bitch!

Do we need to worry

about you?

Not if I have been left

alone to do my job.

From this moment, forward.

You will not refer to the

U-2 as a spy plane.

Or, reconnaissance aircraft.

You will refer to it

as: "The Article."

The Article has an

80-foot wingspan.

A single Pratt powers and

Whitney J57 P-37 engine.

10,000 pounds of thrust.

A maximum speed of

430 miles an hour.

She may not be quick,

but at your cruising

altitude of 70,000 feet,

nothing will come

close to you.

70,000?

The idea is the enemy does

not even, know you are there.

It looks somewhat flimsy.

Every extra pound of weight

costs a foot in altitude.

We need to accommodate

the cameras.

That is a 4,500-millimeter

lens, times three.

A pin-sharp panoramic camera.

Four times as powerful as any aerial

reconnaissance cameras we have ever used.

You are going taking

pictures, many pictures.

At 70,000 feet. The

Article can photograph.

2,000 square miles of

territories in one pass.

Now, drivers,

give the Agent Sumner

your undivided attention.

The items you will need on

your mission is all over here.

B camera, revere 8

model 40 magazine,

Keystone Capri K-25, silver.

All how handle shaving brush.

Complete set of cipher tablets

on edible silver, foil.

Specialist photographic

equipment.

Yeah. We get the idea.

Thank you.

Excuse me. Agent Bosco.

"Blasco."

Sir.

There seems to be a

subsection to this list here.

Most of this stuff

came from his studio.

But, the rest is from the hotel

room he was holed up in.

Where we found him.

The hotel room you searched.

Yeah.

Can I see the warrant?

What?

Yeah, explain this to me.

There was a warrant.

There was a warrant.

A civil detention writ for

the arrest of an alien,

but, there was no

search warrant,

for suspicion of

criminal activity.

So, the search,

and the evidence.

That is the fruit

of that search,

That is all tainted, and

should not be admitted.

What protections he is due,

your honor. The man is not...

Who is the man? He is

Rudolf Ivanovich Abel.

He is a Soviet citizen.

He is not an American.

1886, Wick Wo vs. Hopkins.

The court held that even aliens,

in case Chinese immigrants,

could not be held to answer for a

crime without due process of law,

including any, alien that

entered the country illegally.

The Department of Justice...

has its first allegiance

to the United States.

I do not see how an alien,

if he is here illegally,

how he suffered

deprivation of rights.

Rights as what?

An American?

Rights as what, Counselor?

We are in a battle

for civilization.

This Russian spy came here

to threaten our way of life.

Now, I have a courtroom

of people waiting.

Get out there, sit

beside the Russian.

Let us get this over and done.

And, your motion is denied.

He should take some

insurance out on himself.

How did we do?

In there.

Not too good.

Apparently, you are not

an American citizen.

That is true.

And according to your boss.

You are not a Soviet

citizen either.

Well, the boss is

not always, right.

He is always the boss.

Do you never worry?

Would it help?

All rise!

"I pledge allegiance

to the Flag."

"Of the United

States of America."

"And to the Republic

for which it stands."

"One Nation under

God, indivisible."

"With liberty and

justice for all."

First, you have to

know what happens,

when an atomic bomb explodes.

There is a bright flash,

brighter than the sun.

It can smash buildings,

break windows all over town.

But if you are in shelter

and cover like Bert,

you will be much safer.

There are two kinds of attack,

with warning, without

any warning.

What is going on in here?

Okay, Dad.

This is very important.

When the war begins, the

first thing, they do...

Is cut off all the water,

and, all the electricity.

The first thing we should

do is keep filled,

use the shower in your room,

use the sink downstairs,

the garden hose outside.

Those are good ideas.

Roger, I do not see this.

As being something, you

have to worry.

Yeah, but when you

hear the sirens.

There may not be enough time

to fill the tub and the sinks.

Not will have any sirens.

What is this?

When the bomb comes,

the Reds will aim go for

the Empire State Building.

But, the bomb goes off

at 10,000 feet up.

In Life magazine, it

is called an air burst.

And, if the bomb

is 50 megatons.

The blast wave goes

out and out and out.

And, melts everything

from here to here.

Including where we live.

Yeah. Right there.

You know Roger,

no one is dropping

Atomic bombs on us.

The Russians want to.

You know that Russian

guy, you are defending.

He is here to get

things ready.

For the people who

drop the bombs.

No. No, he is not...

Not is here for that.

He is not even Russian.

He was born, we think,

in Northern England.

Yeah. But, he is a

spy for Russia.

I do not even understand.

What are you doing?

You are not a Communist.

So, why are you defending one?

Well, because it is my job.

It never used to be.

In the case of the United

States of America,

versus Rudolf Abel.

As to the first count

in the indictment.

How do you find the defendant?

Guilty or not guilty?

Guilty.

As to the second count?

Guilty.

As to the third count?

Guilty.

Your honor. I make a motion to

set aside these guilty verdicts.

Against the weight

of evidence.

Denied.

The jury discharged.

Thank you.

I would like to add that,

if I were one of you.

I would have reached

the same verdict.

Sentencing will be.

November 15.

The death sentence is not

a foregone conclusion.

Do not worry.

I am not afraid to die,

Mr. Donovan.

Although.

It would not be

my first choice.

You left this behind.

Thank you.

Thank you very much!

You have never asked me,

if the charges were true.

If I am indeed a spy.

This is how we do it.

The case against you matters.

Making them prove it matters.

The fiction is...

Whether you did it or

not does not matter.

The state has to prove

it, that you are a spy.

You are not curious.

No, not really.

I always assumed you

were an artist.

My wife, she is the artist.

She is a musician.

In the Children's

Orchestra of Moscow.

What instrument?

The Harp.

Then, she is an Angel.

Standing there like that,

you remind me a man,.

Who used to come to our house.

When I was young.

My father used to say:

"Watch this man."

I did every time he came.

And, never once.

He did anything remarkable.

And, I remind you of him.

This one time, I was about

the age of your son.

Our house overrun by

partisan border guards.

Dozens of them.

My father was beaten and

my mother was beaten.

This man, my father's

friend, he was beaten.

I watched this man.

Every time they hit him.

He stood back up again.

They hit him harder.

Still, he gets back on his feet.

I think because of this,

they stopped beating him.

They let him alive.

I remember them saying it.

It means like:

"Standing man."

"Standing man."

- Hello, Jim!

- Millie, you are a vision.

Mortie is busy getting ready.

Come on in.

- Scotch, Jim?

- Yes, please. Thank you.

Just a drop of water.

Your honor.

Hello, Jim! Just going out.

I got a few minutes though.

March of Dimes thing.

Millie is active.

Well, thank you for seeing me.

I just wanted to give you my

two cents on the sentencing.

And, I thought maybe, I

should pester you at home.

As not all of my points

are narrowly legal.

Yeah. It is that kind of case.

I hope I was not too

scratchy during the trial.

It is exactly what you say.

Nothing about this

is narrowly legal.

There are bigger issues.

Bigger issues!

Thank you, thank you.

Sir?

I think it could

be considered.

In the best interests

of the United States.

That Abel remains alive.

Why?

I am not saying, I

made up my mind.

But if he was going

to cooperate,

work with the government.

He would have done it already.

- True, but the issue here.

- You cannot.

Excuse me.

You cannot say it is in the best

interest of the United States.

That he spend the rest of

his days in a prison cell.

How is this national interest?

Not the incarceration

itself, Sir.

It is possible in

the near future.

An American of

equivalent rank.

Might be captured

by Soviet Russia.

We might want to have

someone to trade.

Wow!

That sounds like what-ifs.

You could do that until

the cows come home.

It is my business, what-ifs.

I am in insurance.

And, there is nothing

implausible about this one.

It is entirely really,

of what could happen.

It is the kind of probability

for people buys insurance.

If we send this guy to his death.

We leave ourselves wide open.

No policy in our back pocket,

for the day the storm comes.

Nice speech.

Sir, there is also the

humanitarian an argument.

Should he die for doing the

job they sent him to do?

All right! Counselor.

I have to run.

Good see you, Jim.

I will walk you out.

All rise!

The United States

District Court.

For the Eastern District of

New York is now in session.

The honorable Mortimer

Byers presiding.

Be seated.

The defendant

will please rise.

In the measured

judgment of this court,

the following sentence,

based upon the jury's

verdict of guilty.

As to each count

of the indictment,

is believe to meet the

test, which has stated.

Pursuant to the verdict of

guilty as to all counts.

The defendant is committed

to the custody,

of the Attorney General

of the United States.

For imprisonment in a

federal institution,

to be selected by him for

a period of 30 years.

Marshals, you may take the

defendant into custody.

No... No electrocution?

No. No, no.

Why are not we hanging him?

In the name of God.

Why are not we hanging him?

Sit down!

He is a spy! He is killing

us with his lies!

In the name of God.

Why are not we hanging him?

That is right!

He is a spy!

Mr. Donovan? Mr. Donovan?

- Just one question.

- Just one question, Sir.

My hat! My hat!

Nobody here has a comment.

Mr. and Mrs. Donovan

are not answering questions.

How do you feel now?

This national

nightmare is over.

Mr. Donovan, are you

happy with the verdict?

We are... We are firm

in case on appeal.

- Appeal?

- Appeal, yes.

Jim, you did a great job.

You fulfilled your

mandate and, then some.

The man is a spy.

The verdict is correct and there

is no reason to appeal it?

There is ample

procedural reason.

We know the search is tainted.

Fourth Amendment issues.

Will always weigh more heavily

in an appellate forum.

We have a good shot.

What about the goddamn

are you talking?

We were supposed to show he had a

capable defense, which we did.

Why are you citing the

goddamn constitution at me?

Tom, if you look

me in the eye.

And, tell me we do

not have grounds,

for an appeal, I will

drop it right now.

I am not saying that, you

know what I am saying.

Tom is saying there is

a cost to these things.

That is right.

A cost to both your

family and your firm.

I missed music.

They checked the radio to make sure

there was no transmitter in it.

I am sure they did.

That is a very great

artist, Shostakovitch.

I think.

Our strongest grounds

for reversal,

are constitutional.

Our best chance is if the Supreme

Court agrees to review your case.

Jim.

You should be careful.

Careful.

77 Sunset Strip.

Edward Byrnes.

77 Sunset Strip.

And Richard Long.

Good morning, Suzanne.

Good morning, Dick.

There is a special delivery

letter here for you.

Her.

Mom!

What in the God's

name happened.

Honey, are you all right?

- Mom!

- Are you hurt?

I have her to upstairs!

- Are you all right?

- I sat with my back against the wall, Dad!

Are you okay?

Are you all right?

Dad, I sat with my

back against the wall!

- Good, good.

- Away from the windows!

Good, good, good.

Good boy, good boy, good boy.

It is okay. It is all right!

It is all right! They are

gone. They are gone.

They are cowards.

They are gone.

We have detectives

canvassing in the neighborhood.

Maybe we will find a

description of the car.

I do not think It

is very likely.

We are going to

need protection.

I have instructions to

leave two cars here.

It will be very obvious.

For how long.

I have to be in Washington

later on this week.

What are you doing?

What are you doing

to your family?

Pardon me, Officer.

You are still defending

this guy.

Why are you fighting for him?

Okay. Knock that off, Officer.

I will knock off nothing.

I was in the third

wave at Omaha Beach.

I did my time in the service.

I was fighting these people.

Are you defending them?

Why do not you just do your

job as an officer of the law?

Okay, I am sorry. Let

us go outside. Come on!

What do you know?

Just forget him.

What am I not getting here?

Outside, Officer. I am sorry.

Defending a commie spy. Jesus!

Do you feel you

deserve this, Sir?

Should it become necessary?

To abandon the aircraft

over Soviet territory.

Then, there is a two and a

half-pound explosive charge,

contained within the fuselage.

First, you activate the circuits.

But to start the

70-second timer.

You need to flip the

switch marked: "Destruct."

It is imperative these

flights remain a secret.

And, this equipment does

not fall into enemy hands.

What about us?

I do not know if you are

kidding, Lieutenant Powers.

I am not.

What do you know

about the plane,

is as secret as

the plane itself.

If capture is a

foregone conclusion.

You go down with your plane.

Now, if you think, you

can ditch and get away.

If you are, close enough

to a border, fine.

You know the

ejection protocol.

But, if you ditch.

You bring the dollar with you.

There is a pin inside.

You scratch your skin anywhere,

it is instantaneous.

If you think, you

will be captured...

You use it.

Drivers do you understand me?

Spend the dollar.

Mr. Chief of Justice,

may it please the court?

The "Cold War" is not just

a phrase. Your Honor.

It is not just a

figure of speech.

Truly, a battle

is being fought,

between two competing

views of the world.

I contend that Rudolf

Ivanovich Abel.

"Colonel Abel,"

as he was called.

Even by the man

who arrested him.

Is our foe in that battle?

Auxiliary power.

Connected and on.

Oxygen seat pack supply.

Supply at 1,800.

Inverter?

On, light out.

He was treated as a

combatant in that war.

Until it no longer suited our

government to treat him.

Accordingly.

He not gave the protections.

We give our own citizens.

He subjected to

treatment that,

however appropriate for a

suspected enemy.

It was not appropriate

to a suspected criminal.

Fuel transfer?

Transfer switch off.

Destructor?

Destructor safety.

Climb data card.

Installed in aircraft.

I know this man.

If the charge is true, he serves a foreign

power but he serves it faithfully.

If he is a soldier in the opposing

army, he is a good soldier.

He has not fled the field

of battle to save himself.

He has refused to

serve his captor.

He has refused to

betray his cause.

He has refused to take

the cowards' way out.

The coward must

abandon his dignity.

Before he abandons

the field of battle.

That Rudolf Abel will never do.

Should not we?

By give him the full benefit.

Of the rights that define

our system of government.

Show this man who we are.

Who we are.

Is that the greatest weapon?

We have in this Cold War.

Will we stand by our

cause less resolutely?

Than he stands by his.

The President announced.

That a NASA weather plane disappeared

four days ago north of Turkey.

And, the Space

Administration fears.

That its pilot

died in the crash.

Radar showed the plane

wandering off course.

Deep into Soviet territory

before contact was lost,

complicated any

effort to recover it.

Or the remains of the pilot.

Now the news out

of Washington.

In a close vote today.

The Supreme Court

affirmed the conviction.

Of Russian spy Rudolf

Ivanovich Abel.

Five votes to four.

The case presented civil

liberties issues.

According to the Russian's

lawyer, James B. Donovan.

When asked how he felt

about today's loss,

Mr. Donovan simply

said: "Tired."

I will have more news for you

after this message.

Styling tricks.

It is over.

See the new, exciting

styling tricks.

You...

Marty?

I will be damned if I can find the

file on that Prudential case.

I... Mr. Waters had moved it

over to Jack Elwes's office.

Along with the first

draft of the appeal.

He did.

Yeah. He redrafted and filed that last

week while you were in Washington.

How long have we

been together?

You act as if I have

never closed a deal.

Set up a meeting

somewhere fancy.

I am betting Mr. Young would

like some of the finer things.

New York has to offer.

I want you to give

me the summary of...

Do you know anyone

from Leipzig?

"Leipzig." Am I getting

hate mail from Germany now?

From East Germany.

Is it your new one?

No.

No, no, no, no.

She pretends to be but it is

not even a good pretense.

"I am taking this liberty

to write to you."

"After having learned

from the newspapers."

"About your most

humane attitude."

"Towards my beloved

husband, Rudolf Abel."

Do I write back?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What is the next move when you

do not know the game?

Francis Gary Powers.

"On the strength of Article

2 of the U.S.S.R. law."

"On criminal responsibility

for state crimes."

"To 10 years of confinement."

"The first three years

to be served in the prison."

"The term of the punishment,"

"including preliminary

detention."

"It shall be counted

from May 1,"

"nineteen hundred and sixty."

Mr. Donovan. Thank you

so much for coming.

It is a pleasure to

meet you, Mr. Dulles.

It is an honor, Sir.

Nescafe, cream, two lumps.

Thank you.

Okay, this letter

you received,

seems clear that the Soviets

are making an overture here.

They are doing it

through East Germany.

Because they still do not want to

acknowledge Abel as a Soviet citizen.

Much less a Soviet spy. So...

Lot of fiction is going on.

Yes, Sir, but you know end.

They got our guy,

our spy pilot.

We have their guy.

Prisoner exchange, I think

that is what they are after.

Which could hardly be a

surprise to you, Counselor?

It is an eventuality.

I think you foresaw.

Yes. I sure did, and I

am so rarely right.

Congratulations

Red-letter day.

Now, we have our man

over there. Powers.

Good man, but with a head full

of classified information.

Abel has a head full of

classified information, too.

He has not given us a lick.

Sir takes it from me.

He will not.

Yes, we know that, but

the Russians do not.

They want their man

back before he cracks.

We want Powers back

for the same reasons.

I think you are saying, Sir...

That might be a successful

conclusion for everyone.

Yes, if we indulge

their fiction.

We want you to

negotiate the swap.

Because you are a

private citizen.

It is not governments talking.

They do not acknowledge

Abel as a Soviet citizen.

We do not acknowledge East

Germany as a sovereign country.

We have not recognized

East Berlin.

Since it annexed by

the Soviets in 45.

I act as a negotiator,

representing...

You are not

representing anybody.

Not a government official.

You have no official standing.

So, some fiction on

our side as well.

Correct.

This means, of course, you cannot

rely on any acknowledgment.

Or, help if things go south.

CIA cannot be responsible.

We cannot be embarrassed.

Where do they want this

negotiation to take place?

There.

"There"?

East Berlin.

Well, is not East Berlin

getting rather...?

Yes, the place is

getting complicated.

Yeah, complicated.

The Soviet side has been setting up

checkpoints for the past few months.

To try to stop people hemorrhaging

to the Western sectors.

It has not worked.

We have intelligence

to suggest.

They may go one-step further.

And, well off the

entire Eastern sector.

Okay, that is it briefly.

The decision is

entirely yours.

You need time to kick around it.

No.

No. I do not.

Fine. Fine.

Best this all remains

confidential.

Let us not discuss any of this

with Mary or anyone else.

Share the correspondence

only with us.

Let us know what they

want to do and when.

I have no client, no

wife and no country.

Do not know what for I

am doing or when or who?

You are doing it

for your country.

But, your country does

not know that yet.

What about my client, the other

guy in this equation? My guy?

Your guy? You

mean the Russian.

He is not your guy

anymore, Counselor.

Your guy is Francis

Gary Powers now.

What do I tell to Rudolf Abel?

Tell him not to drop dead.

Professor?

Professor?

Papa went to university.

You should not be

here, Frederic.

They are having classes today.

He went to see where he goes.

What are you doing here?

I came to get you,

and your father.

You have to come with me. You

might not get out tomorrow.

Just... Just leave.

Yes. Yes, yes, yes, leave.

Right now.

Go back. Go back.

I will be okay. I am American.

Go back.

Go back to your father.

We will find another way. Go.

Hey.

Sir. Hi.

Papers, please.

The Student Frederic Pryor.

Yes, student.

What kind of photos?

My name is Frederic Pryor.

I am an economics student.

It is my dissertation.

My thesis.

You see. Look, look.

"The foreign trade system of the

European Communist nations."

It was a lot of work.

No. That is my only copy.

No!

Tell me something.

It came up at the last minute.

They have offices in London.

These clients. Not my idea.

Scotland, this

fishing expedition.

What kind of

fishing trip, Jim?

Salmon fishing.

Just tell me that you are

not going to be in any danger.

This is just a routine

business trip.

I will not worry.

I need my passport.

Just give me something

to hold on.

I do not even care

if it is the truth.

I am doing this for us.

Mr. Michener here is

your Berlin escort.

He is an attache with the U.S.

embassy.

It has gotten goddamn

complicated.

As you know, the last

letter from Mrs. Abel.

Whoever she is, talks about

a lawyer in East Berlin.

Mr. Vogel, whoever he is,

representing her interests, she says.

Yeah. Vogel says.

He has gone to the Russian

embassy in East Berlin.

They may be ready to

trade Abel for Powers.

No one knows who is who.

Essentially, they

are Russian, right.

Well! Soviet. We think so.

What do you mean? Could we

turn up the heat in here?

There is a wrinkle.

They might try to throw

you a curve ball.

Try to get you to accept another

prisoner other than Powers.

Another American?

The East German Stasis picked

up an American student.

Frederic Pryor.

The kid they found on the

wrong side of the Wall.

He is a graduate

student of Yale.

Came over here to

study economics.

They are making noises about

trying this kid for espionage.

Grave offense, capital crime.

Vogel got in touch with us,

said he represents Pryor.

Wait a minute! Vogel represents

Mrs. Abel and this kid?

Yeah, he is busy.

What is he?

Vogel is East German or Russian?

Try to figure it out

when you meet him.

At Russian embassy, East

Berlin, noon tomorrow.

Hoffman will show you

how to get there.

Wait! Show me how to get there.

I am going to have an escort.

Right?

That was the plan but as I

said, there is a wrinkle.

I will not be taking you.

Decision has made.

No U.S. government personnel are to

cross the border until further notice.

- Why?

- It is too dangerous.

The East Germans

grabbed this kid.

There is a degree of impunity.

We had not anticipated.

The point is the East German

agenda and the Russian agenda.

May not be the same thing.

Try to figure it out

and, act accordingly.

Try to make a deal.

Powers for Abel.

What about this

college kid, Pryor?

Do not you fall for that?

We can get him out

another time.

Powers is the whole ball game.

Where is your room?

I will be staying

at the Hilton.

It is not far.

This is a number

here in West Berlin.

Memorize it, and

give it back to me.

No, no. I... I mean, now.

The Soviets keep cutting

the international lines.

Local calls are okay.

Someone will pick

up day and night.

Now, this docket attached to your

passport will serve as your ticket.

Into and out of the

Eastern Soviet sector.

The meeting with Vogel is

set for noon tomorrow.

There are only a few

routes left to the East.

You take the S-Ban, the station.

We showed you on the way in.

You are going to get off at the

Friedrichstrasse station here.

Walk to the Soviet embassy

on Under den Linden here.

Look at the map now. You

should not take it with you.

You are looking at a map. You

are an American. You are a spy.

You could well detain.

Just avoid interacting

with people generally.

You do not... You do not

belong, so do not stick out.

Food is scarce over there and

things have started to fall apart.

There are gangs.

And, rule of law is less firm

established over there.

Definitely stay

away from the Wall.

On their side,

there is a line.

Cleared of buildings

along the Wall.

They call it the "Death Line."

Cross it and you will shot.

Where is there any outcome here?

I am not either detained or shot.

You do not worry too much,

about what Michener said.

No. I am worried about

what you are saying.

This kid, Pryor.

That the East Germans have.

How old is he?

Twenty-five. Why?

Same age as Dougie.

Who?

An associate of mine.

Frederic Pryor.

Okay, okay, okay.

We apologize if this offends.

Coat?

- Do you understand English?

- Yes, Sir.

I am James Donovan.

I am here to meet a Mr. Vogel.

Mr. Vogel. He does

not work here.

I am just supposed to meet

him. That is all I know.

Mr. Donovan!

We finally meet you.

I am Helen Abel.

- How is my husband?

- He is fine.

How is my Rudolf?

As good as, he can be expected.

We will get him back. Yes.

- This is our daughter.

- How do you do?

Lydia.

Are you Mr. Vogel?

No, no, no!

I am not Vogel.

I am Drew's cousin.

This is Rudolf's

beloved Drew's cousin.

- Yes. Drew's cousin.

- I am Drew's cousin.

Drew's cousin, yes.

I am Helen Abel.

When will you see him?

When will your government

releases him?

I am a little lost here.

I am supposed to meet

a Mr. Vogel.

Mr. Vogel is our lawyer.

We were supposed to

negotiate the exchange.

- Do you bring Rudolf here?

- Yes, yes, bring him here.

It does not happen unilaterally.

Do you understand?

It has to be an exchange.

Not here.

Mr. Donovan?

Mr. Vogel?

No, no, no. Goodness.

My name is Schischkin.

Ivan Schischkin.

I am the second secretary

of the Soviet embassy.

It would not be appropriate

for Mr. Vogel to join us.

He is a German national.

You are not here to...

To facilitate this meeting.

Perhaps Mrs. Abel,

would like to compose

her privately?

And let Mr. Donovan

and me to talk.

Thank you.

- So, I am confused.

- Yes.

I do not care

whom I talk to...

If it is about an

exchange of personnel.

Are you the person to talk?

Yes, yes, yes, of course!

We should talk.

Please, have a seat

Mr. Donovan.

How did you arrive to

the Eastern sector?

The train. The S-Ban.

You were alone.

Yeah.

You are credentialed.

Now, you must know

about me, Sir.

I am a private citizen.

I am a lawyer in Brooklyn

in the United States.

I have taken time out

of my busy schedule.

To help my client,

Rudolf Abel.

I authorized to arrange

an exchange of Abel.

For Francis Gary Powers.

This is a full pardon of Abel.

That will be signed when the

exchange actually takes place.

This is the only

reason I am here.

I hope and expect to make

this arrangement quickly.

Abel for Francis Gary Powers.

And, Frederic Pryor.

We do not have Pryor.

No? You do not!

I have heard of

Pryor, he has held,

by the German

Democratic Republic.

Not by the Union of Soviet

Socialist Republics.

I will tell you the

first problem.

The names of your

countries are too long.

Yes, yes.

If we release Powers.

It is only to promote

a good will...

Between our countries.

So, it cannot be an exchange.

Perhaps...

Perhaps you could

release Abel.

As a token of good will to

our friends in Germany.

Then, some months later.

We would release Powers.

- There is an idea.

- No. That Just will not work for us at all.

We need this to

be an exchange.

You can call it

what you want...

But an exchange it must be.

We can have Abel here

within 48 hours.

We need Powers at the same

time. We give you Abel.

This is...

Can we call this the

"impatient plan"?

You can call it

whatever you want.

I can relay your impatient

plan to Moscow.

See what they say...

They will wonder

why so impatient.

Because I have a cold.

I do not live in Berlin.

I want to go home.

They will think...

"Well, the Americans

must have gotten..."

"All the information

that Abel had to give."

"And now they are

impatient to trade him."

"Hoping to get in return

this man Powers."

"Perhaps, has not

yet given up..."

"All the information

that he has to give."

This is not an

equitable trade, Sir.

What you are saying is...

If Powers has given up

everything, he knows.

Then Moscow would trade?

Why would not they?

As for Abel, if he dies

in an American prison.

The next Russian

operative who is caught.

Might think twice about

keeping his mouth shut.

You never know. Abel might

want to see the sky again.

And, decide to trade Russian

secrets for small American favors.

How can we know this?

We are little man.

We just do our jobs.

Like Lieutenant Powers.

He is just a pilot.

He was making photographs

from 70,000 feet.

When he has shot from the sky.

People in my country

consider this...

An act of war.

We have to get off this

merry-go-round, Sir.

The next mistake our

countries make...

Could be the last one.

We need to have

the conversation.

Our governments cannot.

I will ask Moscow.

Who knows, what they will say.

There are many people,

Mr. Donovan.

Who does not want this

exchange ever takes place.

Can you come back tomorrow

to discuss their answer?

Powers for Abel.

And, Frederic Pryor.

As I said...

Pryor is in the hands

of the organs...

State Security of the

German Democratic Republic.

I am confident. You can

make arrangements.

I am merely a secretary.

In the embassy of

foreign Powers.

Okay.

You have to see Mr. Vogel.

I will give you his address.

There actually is a Mr. Vogel?

Why would you

imagine otherwise?

It is a short cab ride.

Please, Mr. Donovan...

Wear an overcoat

in this weather.

I had my stolen from me.

What do you expect?

It was from Saks Fifth Avenue.

Was not it?

Mr. Donovan.

Mr. Vogel.

- Please, come in.

- Ok.

Sorry about the embassy.

The Soviets decided

not to host me.

That is very irritating.

I am still trying to

grasp each party is...

Status?

Yes. And, interest

in the proceedings.

It is a new world.

All are very disorienting.

Is not it?

Let me tell you what

I have to offer.

I am a good friend...

- "Friend."

- No, he is older.

"Protege"?

Of the attorney general of the

German Democratic Republic.

Sit down, please.

This is unfortunate.

Frederic Pryor.

He was in the wrong place

at the wrong time.

But every accident,

properly viewed...

Is an opportunity?

Is not it, Mr. Donovan?

Your country refuses

to recognize.

The German

Democratic Republic.

They prefer to

make up stories.

That the G.D.R does not

exist, for instance.

Sorry.

As a means of forcing your

Government's recognition...

this real place. Sir.

In which you find yourself...

The G.D.R.

The attorney general is happy

to negotiate with you.

As a representative

of your government.

For Mr. Pryor return.

Mr. Vogel, I am not here.

As a representative

of my government.

All right!

I think that is childish,

Mr. Donovan.

I have no official status.

Fine.

You do not represent the USA.

I do not represent the G.D.R.

My client is Lydia

Abel, Rudolf's wife.

And, I have...

Lydia is the daughter.

Helen is the wife.

Well...

I am prepared to offer...

Frederic Pryor in exchange

for Rudolf Abel.

Then let us be clear.

We will produce Rudolf Abel.

You will produce, at the same

time, the student, Pryor.

At the same time?

Absolutely.

The exchange on offer is a

Russian at the end of his life.

For an American student

at the start of his.

Schischkin? He is not a

secretary of embassy.

Ivan Schischkin is the chief

of KGB in western Europe.

Whatever he is...

He is relaying our

proposal to Moscow.

And, they will decide.

Can I borrow your coat?

I lost mine.

How did you lose your coat?

You know, spy stuff.

- I will get you another coat.

- Good, because...

Who is...? Who is this Vogel?

He... We do not know.

He might be what

you said he is.

Friend of the

attorney general.

Just some guy the G.D.R

tapped to handle this.

Sounds like the East Germans...

are fighting for a

place at our table.

The G.D.R gets Abel back

for the Russians...

winning their respect...

capturing the headlines

for their cause.

Which puts the East Germany

on the map.

We do not care

about their map.

Stick to the Russians.

Stick to the Russians.

It is Powers for Abel.

What does all mean?

This might actually happen.

Yeah. That is what you

seem to be telling me.

We will put Abel on a plane.

He will be here Friday.

So, if Schischkin gets the okay.

All that is the mechanics

of the trade.

How we swap our guy

for their guy.

Our "guys." Two people.

Powers and Pryor.

No. Now do not go

bleeding heart on me.

Powers is the whole ball game.

Forget this Ivy League boy.

Obviously it was a good idea.

To study Soviet

Economics in Berlin.

In the middle of the Cold War.

Powers is whom we need.

You do not even like Powers.

Everybody hates Powers.

He did not kill himself and he let

the commies parade on television.

He is the most hated

man in America.

After Rudolf Abel, maybe.

And me.

Now wake up! Come out.

I have to sleep.

I just have to sleep.

I told you could sleep.

Once we talk what

need to talk.

You must focus on me.

Your government does not care

about you. You know that.

Any of you.

You know that 12 U-2 pilots

incurred brain damage.

They are vegetables because of

altitude, insufficient oxygen.

They keep you flying, Gary.

You and your friends.

They gave you this,

a scratchier.

Potassium Cyanide.

Does that look like

they care about you?

What is the construction

of the destructor unit?

What means is this

unit working?

With what explosives

the unit charges.

What destruction

is it capable?

I do not know.

They never showed any of the

equipment to the pilots.

How far can the radar hide?

An area on map during flight.

I do not know! I do not know!

And you were making the

flight on April 9?

On the industrial area

and MIG bomber base.

At Baranovichi.

I was not.

This was my first flight.

I need to know about of

engine out glide to the ratio.

How the plane gets so high.

We know it reaches

altitude of 70,000 feet.

Gary, we know this.

I need to know where

the planes have flown.

Where they have flown, Gary.

We must have this talk now.

Now.

Then you can sleep a little.

Sir, wake up.

Wake up, Sir.

- Sir, can you come with me, please?

- Yeah.

- We have to move.

- Yeah, of course!

- Can you come with me, please?

- Yeah.

Okay.

Take your glasses.

- What time is it?

- It is late but, we need to talk.

We need that you get

in a plane, okay?

Yeah. Upsy-daisy!

- Upsy-daisy.

- That is right.

There we go. Keep moving.

Thank you.

Other way, other way.

There we go.

You say a plane.

This way, please. Keep moving.

So, I received a

favorable decision.

From Moscow on your proposal.

That we help our friends in the

German Democratic Republic.

By exchanging.

Mr. Powers for Mr. Abel.

That is well.

May I suggest the Glienicke

Bridge as a place of exchange?

Why not Checkpoint Charlie?

We are not looking

for publicity.

The Glienicke Bridge

is very quiet.

Especially early

in the morning.

Glienicke Bridge.

I will run to our side.

We can have Abel

here on Friday.

So, Saturday morning.

Always impatience, yeah.

I want to get home,

go into my bed.

So, Saturday morning.

5:30 p.m.

All right!

We have done here.

This is a number.

In case, anything

should come up.

All right!

Someone will answer

at any hour.

I do not expect to use it.

Shall we toast

the arrangement?

Why not?

Armenian Brandy.

- Good for your cold.

- Thank you.

Would you mind...?

This is not part

of our business.

I would like to ask you

a couple of questions.

You do not have to answer.

I have the answer what I know.

I like this guy,

your guy.

What happens to your guy.

When he gets home.

We have to make a

determination.

Whether our guy

is now your guy.

Now, as I said to you before...

He has acted honorably.

He is still your guy,

believe me.

Of course! You will

say if it were true.

If it were not true.

I guess it has come down.

Well, forgive me for pushing.

But is he in any danger?

If the determination is made.

Well, goodness.

As things are now,

everyone is in danger.

Cheers.

There will be no exchange

on Glienicke Bridge.

Excuse me, Sir.

There will be no exchange.

Not for Frederic Pryor.

Mr. Vogel, I thought

yesterday we have agreed.

We agreed on an exchange,

Abel for Pryor.

Now I learn, you are

a rug merchant.

Selling the same rug

to two customers.

- Abel for Pryor you sell to us.

- Yeah.

Abel for Powers you

sell to the Soviets.

I am not very sure,

the problem is...

If the arrangement satisfies

two parties, three, or four.

What difference does make?

The arrangement does

not satisfy this part.

Now, Mr. Vogel, please...

Obviously, you do not know

who with you are dealing.

The interest of the German

Democratic Republic.

To deal with...

Is it seems dealing with

another sovereign power?

The United States.

An equal power.

Instead, you treat

us as stooges.

For the Union of Soviet

Socialist Republics.

Can we just call them the

Russians? It will save time.

I have an appointment, Sir.

I think you are wasting time.

Now, tell me if I am

describing this wrong.

You have a kid, a

university student.

Someone knows he is not a spy.

Who have not threat to you?

In exchange for this person.

Who is worthless to you?

You play an equal

part in an exchange.

Between the Russians

and, the Americans.

And this is one transaction

between us and the two of you.

We are not trying to do

two things here, Sir.

We are just doing one thing.

One, one, one.

It is hard for me to see, how the Republic

of East German Democrats has been slighted.

You agreed with the Soviets

without consulting me.

Is this a negotiation

or a conspiracy?

For it to be a conspiracy...

There would have to

be harm to you, Sir.

There are just benefits here.

We are of agreeing interests.

No. You decide they agree.

Where is your

appointment, sir?

In the West.

Good.

Look around you.

How does the Eastern sector

to compare the West?

Our Russian friends

have decided that...

We should not rebuild

our capital city.

We live in this ruin made

by our Russian friends.

Go ahead. Make your deal

with these Russians.

We will not be part of it.

There is no deal

without Pryor.

We are not leaving him here.

Is this your position

or of your government?

Sir, I am here.

I am talking to you.

You are not a representative

of your government.

They do not know who you are.

Neither do we.

You should be careful. This

is not Brooklyn, Mr. Donovan.

Look, Sir.

You must know every

respect that matters.

I represent my government.

You know who I am.

Do I know?

Do you have the proper papers?

Of course not. It

does not matter.

An American lawyer like you.

Can talk your way of anything?

Cannot you?

You go with him. Sir.

- Why?

- It is passport problem.

What... What is the problem?

What is the problem?

- You go with him.

- Sir. Come with us.

And, remember...

We control the fate

of Frederic Pryor.

My God!

Yeah. I will start with

some coffee, please.

Then I will have

the Hilton Combo.

The American breakfast.

And, coffee.

Both breakfasts?

Yeah, yeah.

One first or...

Both first, both.

When they are ready.

And, coffee.

You should not be here.

Well, sometimes in Germany.

You just want a big

American breakfast.

What happened?

Where were you last night?

Vogel arranged for me to

spend some time in the East.

Jesus!

Frankly, it is not

that much worse.

Than where you have

me here in the West.

The Russians are fine

with the exchange.

Now Vogel is saying that the

East Germans will not do it.

We are not going to get Pryor.

Great. Good.

So, the Soviets are set.

We get Powers.

We get Powers.

Well done!

No. The East Germans

will not do it.

We will not get Pryor,

and that kid matters.

Every guy matters.

Sure. That is why you tried.

That is why you tried.

Abel is on his way, so we are

all set for tomorrow morning.

- Wait a minute.

- Makes the things simple.

We are not getting the kid.

Yeah. I understand.

We are set.

We can ignore the message.

We got this morning.

What is message?

From the East Germans.

They called the number.

I gave you.

They said that wanted

to speak to you today.

- Vogel called.

- No.

An Officer of Harold Ott.

East German attorney general.

What does he want?

What does he want?

Well, to talk to you.

It is ok. I cannot ask

you to go back there.

Listen, you seem to be ?a persona

non grata? to some elements.

We will not push our luck.

So, he wants to see me.

What time?

No. No. Now, listen. You... You...

You... You do not need to go.

In fact you should not go.

In fact, you cannot go.

We set with the Soviets.

We do not want to screw it up.

- I am not going to screw it up.

- You are not going!

Do not be a pain in the ass.

I ordered.

Enjoy your big

American breakfast.

I thought it should be negotiated.

At the highest level

as a courtesy to you.

Thank you, Sir.

I do not know how things

became so confused.

Well! I guess sometimes

they just do.

For sake of clarity.

I say, we are fully

prepared to exchange.

They so called student

Pryor, for Rudolf Abel.

I understand Mr. Vogel that

Pryor is very important to you.

Yes, but...

We will do a memorandum

to that effect.

A memorandum.

Certainly, we commit a

bi-lateral exchange.

Yes, yes, sure. I am not sure.

What that means but...

My country also insists

on Francis Gary Powers.

No!

This is how things

became so confused.

Powers. What use is he, Sir?

You want him back for

punitive reasons.

What has done has done.

He has divulged. What

will he divulge?

As no doubt, Abel has also.

We are offering instead someone,

whom you insist is innocent.

And, this is right.

This is whom you

should retrieve.

The future.

Look to the future.

I am sorry. Could you

give me a moment, Sir?

I am very sorry, Sir.

The attorney general regrets.

That he had to leave

on urgent business.

- He left.

- Yes. Many apologies.

I have been waiting

for him over an hour.

Very sorry, Sir.

Young man?

Come here.

It is all right! Come here.

Take a seat.

Come on! Come on! Sit down.

Do you like your job here?

It is a very good job, Sir.

It must be...

It must be interesting.

Yes, Sir.

And, important too.

Your English is... Is good.

Yes. I hesitate to

say it is excellent.

It is excellent, Sir.

Good, good. Good.

I just lost my

negotiating partner.

And, I need somebody to talk.

You seem like a

reasonable young man.

Can I talk to you?

It is all right!

It is all right! I just...

I just need you to give

a message to your boss.

It has to be very,

very, very clear.

Do you understand?

Yes, Sir. But perhaps you

should wait until him.

No, no. The thing is. I have this

cold and I want to get home.

And, get in bed.

Can you give him the message?

Certainly.

This is the message.

There is no deal for Abel

unless we get Powers and Pryor.

- Do you understand?

- Yes, Sir.

It arranged for

tomorrow morning.

It will not happen,

unless we get two men.

Those two men.

- Two, two, two.

- Yes. Sir.

- Yes.

- If there is no deal.

Your boss must

tell the Soviets.

He has to tell the Soviets.

They are not getting

Rudolf Abel.

Yes, Sir.

And, tell him this.

That so far, Abel has

been a good soldier.

But he thinks is going home.

If we have to tell him it,

he is not going home.

That the Soviets

do not want him.

That he is never going home.

I imagine his behavior

might change.

And who will be held

responsible for that?

That is a long message.

Did you get it all?

- Yes, Sir. I got it.

- Good.

You are a good man.

Also, tell him...

There is no deal,

unless we hear...

before the end of

business today.

He has the number.

If the exchange is

not going to happen.

No reason for everybody

to get up in the morning.

No, Sir. That would

be pointless.

You are kidding me!

You are kidding me!

Not really.

I need some change.

This is exactly what you

were not supposed to do.

My instructions were to

feel out the situation.

Your instructions were to

get Powers, not Pryor.

That was not the original

deal. You fouled it up!

How do you know?

I feel very good about it.

You fouled it up!

Do not worry.

I think it is

going to be fine.

How do you know?

You do not know that.

United States. New

York, New York.

That whole thing...

Has me to feel out.

Would I swap one for one?

Which one?

I said: "No. Two for one."

They know where we stand.

Yeah, what if they think

about it and say...

Forget it! You keep our

guy. We keep your people.

Well, then I have

fucked it all up.

Hey, honey! It is me.

Yeah. The fishing

has been great.

I am in London.

Just for one more meeting.

Then I am on my way home.

Yeah, yeah, I remember

that marmalade.

It is that shop right

by Regent's Park.

All right! I will

if I have the time.

Can I say hi to Roger?

Could I say hi to the girls?

Is anyone not busy?

Have they even noticed

I am not around?

We are on...

Two for one.

Hot dog!

Let us have a drink.

- One "wrinkle".

- What is that?

They will not release Pryor

with Powers not on the bridge.

They will release him

at the same time.

When the Russians give

us Powers on the bridge.

They will release Pryor

over Checkpoint Charlie.

What does that mean?

I think it means: We want

to have the last word.

They will do it.

You tell me.

You felt them out.

Where are they?

Where is our guy?

Where is our guy?

They are late.

Nobody is late. We are early.

- May I?

- Yeah.

Hoffman?

Yeah?

I think they have...

What?

Snipers.

I am sure they do.

How are you sure they do?

Because we have snipers.

Step out, Sir.

Jim.

Dear Jim.

How are you?

Happy to see you.

Had you arranged

all this for me?

Let us see what that is before,

I take credit for it.

Any word about Pryor

from Checkpoint Charlie?

Nothing get yet.

Excuse me, Sir.

This is Lieutenant Joe Murphy,

the United States Air Force...

Here to identify Powers.

Lieutenant Murphy.

Sir.

There may be a slight glitch.

I was a young man when I left.

Whom will they find

to identify me?

I hope it is not your

East German family.

I doubt they could

identify each other.

Looks like our part.

Well, let us go.

You can stay here, Donovan.

Not likely.

Open the gate.

What do you think will

happen, when you get home?

I think...

I have vodka.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Rudolf, is there not

the possibility...?

That my people are

going to shoot me.

Yes.

- You are not worried.

- Would it help?

The answer to your

question, my friend.

I acted honorably.

I think they know that.

But sometimes

people think wrong.

People are people.

Let us see how they greet me.

What can I look for?

If I am embraced or just

shown the back seat.

Take off the hat.

Hey, Powers.

Hey, Murphy.

Yeah, that is Powers.

All right! Mr. Donovan.

We go now!

Hang on!

Believe me, I will tell you.

There is no one here.

They will release another man

at Checkpoint Charlie.

We are just confirming

that he is there.

Now!

As per plan if you, please.

Let us go.

Pryor will show up or,

he will not. Let us go.

They are waiting to see, If

we will do it without him.

We just have to stand here.

Show them we will not.

I do not give a shit

what they want.

We have our objective.

Go ahead, Abel.

Go ahead, Sir. You can go.

If it is not the plan,

we go home.

We exchange now,

or we go home!

- You are waiting for another man.

- Yes.

You want him, too.

I want him.

Does not matter

what he wants, Sir?

I am in charge, and

you are free to go.

Please go. Walk across.

I can wait.

It is something.

I am not sure yet.

Hang on!

Let us go.

We got him!

I...I am...

I sent you a gift, Jim.

It is a... It is a painting.

I hope it has some

meaning to you.

I am sorry. I did not

think to give you a gift.

This is your gift.

This is your gift.

Are you okay?

Let us go, let us

go, and let us go!

Mr. Donovan?

Colonel Abel asked me

to give this to you.

Pardon me, Sir.

Were you in charge

of this thing, sir?

- Yeah.

- I have to thank you.

I have to thank somebody.

I gave them nothing.

I gave them nothing.

It does not matter.

It does not matter

what people think.

You know what you did.

Welcome home!

What a trip!

Are you okay?

Yeah, I am fine.

- Did you get the marmalade?

- Yes, yes.

Yes. Yes.

I did.

As ordered.

Jim?

- This is from Arno's.

- So?

- On the corner!

- Well! Honey I was busy.

- Please. For God's sake.

- We were so busy.

- How is Roger? Is he home?

- He is home.

Carol is home, Peggy is home.

Everyone is home.

Mom? Come quick! Look!

- Mom comes here!

- Mom comes here!

- Come see this! Look! Watch!

- Come on!

Francis Gary Powers.

Released from prison

in the Soviet Union.

He turned over to

American authorities.

Early this morning in Berlin.

The President commuted

the sentence of Rudolf Abel.

Mr. Abel has deported.

He has released in Berlin.

Efforts to obtain Mr.

Powers released.

Had underway for some time.

In recent efforts.

The United States

government has had...

The cooperation and assistance

of Mr. James B. Donovan.

A New York attorney.

Frederic L. Pryor,

an American student,

held by East German

authorities,

since August of 1961.

I thought Daddy was fishing.

Salmon.

Abel now disappeared

into the communist world.

Powers is answering

questions here.

And Donovan have gone back

to his practice law.

Now here is George Finnegan.

Speaking for the Douglas

Fir Plywood Association.

Following his return to Russia, Rudolf

Abel was reunited with his wife and daughter.

He was never publicly acknowledged

by the Soviet Union as a Spy.

Gary Powers died in a helicopter crash

in 1977, while working for KNBC news.

He was posthumously awarded

the CIA Director's Medal,

and the USAF POW Medal in 2000

and the Silver Star in 2012.

In 1962, Frederic L. Pryor received his

Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.

He is currently Professor

Emeritus of Economics,

and Senior Research Scholar

at Swarthmore College.

Following the successful conclusion

of the Powers-Abel exchange.

James Donovan was asked by

President Kennedy to undertake,

further negotiations on

behalf of the U.S.

In the summer of 1962, he was sent to

Cuba to discuss with Fidel Castro the terms,

of the release of 1,113 prisoners

held after the Bay of Pigs invasion.

When Donovan finished negotiations.

He had secured the release,

of 9,703 men, women

and children.

"EVERY HUMAN BEING IS IMPORTANT

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