Revealing mistake: Near the end, during the night-time bridge exchange scene, the Americans enter from one end of the bridge and the Soviets enter from the other end. Suddenly, the Soviets switch on multiple flood lights directly behind the Soviet party, which should have cast shadows from their bodies dozens of meters in length. Instead, the shadows from the Soviet party are quite short, only a couple of meters, indicating that the primary lighting is out-of-frame, far above their heads.
Bridge of Spies (2015)
1 revealing mistake
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan, Eve Hewson
Factual error: The East German police cars bear the name folkspolizei. The correct spelling is volkspolizei (People's Police).
James Donovan: Aren't you worried?
Rudolf Abel: Would it help?
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