What's the Difference between Bridge of Spies the Book and Bridge of Spies the Movie?
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Rudolf Abel
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Rudolf Abel
Portrayed by: Mark Rylance
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Reino Häyhänen
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This Character does not appear.
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Barbara Powers
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This Character does not appear.
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Oliver Powers
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This Character does not appear.
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James Donovan
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James Donovan
Portrayed by: Tom Hanks
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Francis Gary Powers
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Francis Gary Powers
Portrayed by: Austin Stowell
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Wolfgang Vogel
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Wolfgang Vogel
Portrayed by: Sebastian Koch
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Mary Donovan
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Mary Donovan
Portrayed by: Amy Ryan
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Frederic Pryor
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Frederic Pryor
Portrayed by: Will Rogers
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Ivan Schischkin
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Ivan Schischkin
Portrayed by: Mikhail Gorevoy
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Marvin Makinen
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This Character does not appear.
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Bridge of Spies Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Vilyam Fisher is betrayed by his drunken deputy spy Hayhanen after he is called back to Russia. Hayhanen instead defects to the USA while in France. Fisher takes the alias Rudolf Abel when arrested by the INS |
Abel is followed by the FBI and eventually arrested. No other Russian spies are depicted in the movie. |
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The hollow nickel had a small hole in one side so a needle could be used to open it. |
Abel opens the hollow nickel by using a razor blade to pry it apart.
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Abel is naked when arrested. |
Abel is arrested while dressed in underwear.
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Abel is arrested by the INS after refusing to speak to the FBI in June 1957. |
Abel is arrested by the FBI.
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Abel is able to destroy other evidence while the FBI allows him to tidy up his room.
The hollow nickel message was found by a paperboy and turned over to the police, then to the FBI. It was not decoded until Abel was betrayed by Hayhanen who provided the keyword. |
The FBI foolishly allows Able to destroy the hollow nickel message after his arrest.
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