El Hedi ben Salem
Known for Acting
Born January 1, 1936
Died January 1, 1976 (aged 40)
Place of Birth Morocco
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.
Filmography
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
as Ali
Fox and His Friends
1975
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Jail Bait
1973
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Araber
My Name Is Not Ali
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Martha
1974
as Hotel Guest
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
as Französischer Soldat
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007
as Ali (archive footage)
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975
as Bodybuilder