The Serpent's Egg
1978
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2. Karl Gerhart " Gert " Fröbe ( German: [ˈɡɛɐ̯t ˈfʁøːbə] ⓘ; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film Goldfinger, as Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Hotzenplotz in ...
- A Murky Nazi Past
- Israel's Brief Ban of 'Goldfinger'
- James Bond Controversies
Goldfinger was initially popular in Israel, too, when it debuted there in the fall of 1965. Then in December, the London Daily Mail ran a story about Fröbe with the headline, “Of course I was a Nazi!” It’s not clear how the subject of his Nazi past came up, but Reuters reported that a journalist had asked Fröbe—who was playing the Nazi general Diet...
Israel responded to Fröbe’s admission by banning Goldfinger and all of his upcoming movies, including Is Paris Burning?, the film in which he would portray Choltitz. In addition, the Ministry of Justice said that if Fröbe visited Israel, it might prosecute him as a former Nazi Party member, the Jewish Telegraph Agency reported. But Israel lifted th...
Fröbe’s Nazi past is not the only controversial aspect of Goldfinger. Before its American premiere, a U.S. censor threatened to ban the the movieover a dispute about “Pussy Galore,” the name of Honor Blackman’s character. In the decades since the film’s release, Bond’s behavior has also received criticism, particularly his treatment of women and se...
- Becky Little
Gert Fröbe. Tall, portly built German born actor (and talented violinist) who notched up over 100 film appearances, predominantly in German-language productions. He will forever be remembered by Western audiences as the bombastic megalomaniac "Auric Goldfinger" trying to kill Sean Connery and irradiate the vast US gold reserves within Fort ...
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- Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany
- January 1, 1
- Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Gert Fröbe. Gert Fröbe auf der Premierenfeier der Tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten (1965) Karl Gerhart „Gert“ Fröbe (* 25. Februar 1913 in Oberplanitz bei Zwickau; † 5. September 1988 in München) war ein deutscher Schauspieler. Fröbe gilt als einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Charakterdarsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Gert Fröbe. Actor: Goldfinger. Tall, portly built German born actor (and talented violinist) who notched up over 100 film appearances, predominantly in German-language productions. He will forever be remembered by Western audiences as the bombastic megalomaniac "Auric Goldfinger" trying to kill Sean Connery and irradiate the vast US gold reserves within Fort Knox in the spectacular "James ...
- February 25, 1913
- September 5, 1988
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Gert Fröbe (born February 25, 1913, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany—died September 5, 1988, Munich, West Germany) was a German actor who epitomized the archvillain—especially for English-language audiences—after he took the role of the cruel megalomaniac Auric Goldfinger in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger.
Karl Gerhard Fröbe, dit Gert Fröbe (ou Gert Froebe ), est un acteur allemand à la carrière européenne, né le 25 février 1913 à Zwickau et mort le 5 septembre 1988 à Munich . Souvent distribué dans des rôles d' « Allemand de service » dans des productions européennes aux genres variés, il connaît la notoriété internationale et ...
