Auric Goldfinger

Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Goldfinger. His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning of gold. Ian Fleming chose the name to commemorate the architect Erno Goldfinger who had built his home in Hampstead next door to Fleming; Fleming disliked Goldfinger's style of architecture and destruction of victorian terraces and decided to name a memorable villain after him. In 2003, the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th greatest villain in in the past 100 years of film.

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Fictional character - James Bond - Goldfinger - Gold - Ian Fleming - Erno Goldfinger - Hampstead - 2003 - American Film Institute - 49th greatest villain in in the past 100 years of film

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Goldfinger was played by Gert Fröbe. Consequently, Goldfinger was banned in Israel after it was revealed that Fröbe was a member of the Nazi party. The ban, however, was lifted many years later when a Jewish family publicly thanked Fröbe for protecting them from persecution during World War II.

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Gert Fröbe - Israel - Nazi - Jewish - World War II

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