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El Hedi ben Salem

El Hedi ben Salem

Actor · 1936–1976 · Morocco

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Biography

El Hedi ben Salem was a Moroccan actor. He is best known as the lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died while in prison. Fassbinder dedicated his last film, Querelle (1982), to Salem. In 2012, a documentary on Salem's life entitled My Name Is Not Ali, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Acted in 10

2000s

  1. 2007

    When Fear Eats the Soul

    Ali (archive footage)

1970s

  1. 1975

    Fox and His Friends

    Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)

    78

  2. Like a Bird on a Wire

    Bodybuilder

  3. 1974

    Martha

    Hotel Guest

  4. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

    Ali

    85
  5. 1973

    World on a Wire

    Bodyguard · 2 episodes

  6. Tenderness of the Wolves

    Französischer Soldat

  7. Jail Bait

    Movie

  8. 1972

    Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

    Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter · 4 episodes

  9. 1971

    The Merchant of Four Seasons

    Araber

    77

Other crew 1

Appearances1

2010s

  1. 2011

    My Name Is Not Ali

    Self (archive footage)

Thanked in the credits1

1980s

  1. 1982

    Querelle

    Thanks

    66