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Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (German: [ˈɡɛɐ̯t ˈfʁøːbə] ⓘ; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor.
- 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...
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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.
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- Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany
- January 1, 1
- Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
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. Er wirkte auch in vielen internationalen Produktionen mit.
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.
- February 25, 1913
- September 5, 1988
Gert Fröbe as Goldfinger, cheating during a rummy game at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming 's 1959 seventh James Bond novel, Goldfinger, and the 1964 film it inspired (the third in the James Bond series). His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning "of gold ".
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Sep 1, 2024 · Gert Fröbe 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. Fröbe also appeared in many different character roles in more than 100 mostly.
