El Hedi ben Salem
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1936
- Died
- January 1, 1976 (aged 40)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
My Name Is Not Ali
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
When Fear Eats the Soul
Movie · as Ali (archive footage)
Fox and His Friends
Movie · as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Like a Bird on a Wire
Movie · as Bodybuilder
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Movie · as Ali
Martha
Movie · as Hotel Guest
Tenderness of the Wolves
Movie · as Französischer Soldat
Jail Bait
Movie
World on a Wire
TV · as Bodyguard · 2 eps
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
TV · as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter · 4 eps
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Movie · as Araber