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In one sequence in the James Bond movie Goldfinger, the arch-villain for whom the film was named kills off a bunch of mob bosses by sealing them in a room and filling it with nerve gas. Gert Fröbe, the actor who portrayed Goldfinger, was extremely reluctant to participate in this scene because he was worried that it would offend Holocaust survivors. He was finally convinced to do so by the argument that the whole movie was fantasy and would not be taken seriously by anybody. Perhaps his contractual obligations to the studio were also a factor in his final decision.
Israel had initially banned the showing of any movie starring Fröbe on the basis that Fröbe had been a Nazi party member and had served in the German army. The ban was lifted when a couple of Jewish survivors revealed that Fröbe had concealed them during the war and had saved their lives.
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