Factual error: At the beginning of the film, as Rudolf Abel is trying to evade the FBI, he gets on the subway. It's 1957 but the subway train he's in is a model that wasn't produced until 1964.
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan, Eve Hewson
Continuity mistake: When the CIA official is briefing Powers and the other pilots in a hotel room, he sits on a chair in one shot. In the next shot, he jumps a few feet closer to the pilots. (00:23:00)
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?
James Donovan: We have to have the conversations our governments can't.
