El Hedi ben Salem
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El Hedi ben Salem

Jan 1, 1936 - Morocco

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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1974Ali: Fear Eats the SoulAli
Movie1973Tenderness of the WolvesFranzösischer Soldat
Movie1972The Merchant of Four SeasonsAraber
Movie1975Fox and His FriendsSalem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Movie1974MarthaHotel Guest
Movie2007When Fear Eats the SoulAli (archive footage)
Movie2011My Name Is Not AliSelf (archive footage)
Movie1975Like a Bird on a WireBodybuilder
Movie1973Jail Bait
TV Show1973World on a WireBodyguard2

Crew

Media
Movie1972The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantSet Production AssistantCrew
Movie1982QuerelleThanksCrew