Directed by Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies stars Tom Hanks in a Cold War drama inspired by real events surrounding a Soviet spy exchange during the early 1960s. Mark Rylance co-stars as captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in a story involving espionage, diplomacy and legal negotiations between East and West Berlin. The film received several Academy Award nominations, with Mark Rylance winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Från IMDB: During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.