Directed by Oscar winner , the film stars Oscar winner as James Donovan; Tony winner as Rudolf Abel, a KGB agent defended by Donovan; Scott Shepherd as CIA operative Hoffman; Academy Award nominee as James鈥� wife, Mary; Sebastian Koch as East German lawyer Vogel; Academy Award nominee as Thomas Watters, a partner at Donovan鈥檚 law firm; and Broadway actor .
The film is produced by Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger with Adam Somner, Daniel Lupi, Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by Matt Charman and three-time Academy Award winners and Joel Coen.
According to production notes, the film "tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot."
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