Bridge of Spies (2015)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
A Brooklyn insurance lawyer defends a Soviet spy, then goes to divided Berlin to trade him for a captured U-2 pilot and an American student.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Abel's studio and arrest≈ 00:00:00Brooklyn, New YorkStated on screen
Abel paints, collects a hidden message and is arrested by the FBI.
- 2Courthouse and Donovan's home≈ 00:12:00Brooklyn, New YorkStated on screen
Donovan takes on Abel's defence and saves him from the death penalty, turning public opinion against himself.
- 2Air base≈ 00:30:00Peshawar, PakistanInferred
Powers takes off on a U-2 spy flight.
- 3U-2 shot down≈ 00:35:00Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), RussiaInferred
His plane is shot down over the Soviet Union and he is captured.
- 4Trial and prison≈ 00:50:00Moscow, RussiaInferred
Powers is tried and imprisoned.
- 4East Berlin≈ 00:55:00Berlin, GermanyStated on screen
American student Pryor is arrested in East Berlin as the Wall goes up.
- 5East Berlin negotiations≈ 01:00:00Berlin, GermanyStated on screen
- 6Glienicke Bridge, Berlin–Potsdam≈ 02:00:00Stated on screen
- 6Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin≈ 02:00:00Stated on screen
- 7Donovan's home≈ 02:13:00Brooklyn, New YorkStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 24,869 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 10
- Plane: 15,423 km
- Not shown: 9,421 km
- Car: 24 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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