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The name of the film refers to the Glienicke Bridge, which connects Potsdam with Berlin, where the prisoner exchange took place. The film was an international co-production of the United States and Germany. [8] Bridge of Spies was shot under the working title of St. James Place.
Glienicke Bridge, looking east. The bridge spans the Havel narrows between the Jungfernsee (lake) to the north and the Glienicker Lake to the south. It carries the Bundesstraße 1 highway. The Glienicke Palace and Jagdschloss Glienicke are situated (across the highway from each other) near the east (Berlin) end of the bridge.
The exchange on the Glienicke Bridge occurred on February 10, 1962, and, accordingly, the movie depicts a snowy bridge. Next day, in the movie, Donovan returns home and finds New York green. We even see spring blossoms outside the window. Then, a few days later, we see Donovan back in winter when he is on a train watching kids climb a fence.
Glienicke Bridge over the Havel from Berlin-Wannsee to Potsdam. Open to general traffic until 1952. From 1952 on, open only for access by the western Allied Military ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to favor imitating the grandiose Cold War-era exchanges of captured spies that took place on the famed Glienicke Bridge connecting Berlin and Potsdam.
Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Glienicker Brücke
Belgian director Ivo van Hove’s production of A View From the Bridge at the Young Vic back in 2014 remains a high watermark of contemporary theatre.Showers of blood-red rain, no set or props ...
Film features a scene of exchange of the spies on the Glienicke Bridge. Vladimir Putin once stated that Banionis' part in the film was the reason why he joined the ...