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Rudolf Abel	Rudolf Abel Portrayed by: Mark Rylance
Reino Häyhänen	This Character does not appear.
Barbara Powers	This Character does not appear.
Oliver Powers	This Character does not appear.
James Donovan	James Donovan Portrayed by: Tom Hanks
Francis Gary Powers	Francis Gary Powers Portrayed by: Austin Stowell
Wolfgang Vogel	Wolfgang Vogel Portrayed by: Sebastian Koch
Mary Donovan	Mary Donovan Portrayed by: Amy Ryan
Frederic Pryor	Frederic Pryor Portrayed by: Will Rogers
Ivan Schischkin	Ivan Schischkin Portrayed by: Mikhail Gorevoy
Marvin Makinen	This Character does not appear.

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Pryor is brought to his father at Checkpoint Charlie.	Pryor is released into the custody of a man dressed in a suit.
Powers thanks Donovan for his help. When Powers tells Donovan he might need a lawyer when he gets home Donovan says he can be retained as Power's counsel annually for one Virginia baked ham.	On the plane ride out of Germany, Powers seeks absolution from Donovan by saying he never revealed secret information to the Russians.
Powers divorced his wife soon after returning to the USA. He flew U-2's for Lockheed for several years after he was released by the CIA and given his back pay.	End titles tell of Power's death in a helicopter crash in 1977 and subsequent awards given to him by the CIA in 2000.
After returning to Russia, Abel was employed by the Illegals Directorate of the KGB's First Chief Directorate, giving speeches and lecturing school children on intelligence work	Nothing is said about Abel's life after returning to Russia
Pryor was studying East German economics. He was accused of spying as he didn't have authorization to read the books he used as a source for his work. By the twisted mentality of the East Germans, Pryor was obviously guilty and treated as such.	Pryor is depicted as innocent.

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