Excellent and touching movie. Briefly, the plot is about the exchange of a Russian spy caught in the US,Rudolf Abel, for Gary Powers , the US airforce pilot who is caught with spy cameras. Additionally, a US student Fredrick Pyor is trapped in East Berlin around the same time and also to be part of the same exchange.The exchange, 2 Americans for 1 Russian is negotiated by a Corporate lawyer ( Tom Hanks as the negotiating lawyer James Donovan.
Director Steven Spielberg focuses on the humane approach of Donovan in contrast to the bureaucratic approach of both the CIA and the KGB. Performances especially Mark Rylance and Tom Hanks are outstanding. Must see movie.