Earlier this week, the Germans banned Tom Cruise from shooting his movie, Valkyrie, about the plot to assassinate Hitler, because of Cruise’s affiliation with Scientology. Germany considers Scientology a cult and a threat to German democracy putting it on par with neo-Nazi groups. Today, they backtrack and say they are not opposed to the film being shot in Germany.

The ministry now says that, while it hasn’t received an official request from “Valkyrie” producers United Artists to shoot in ...