El Hedi ben Salem
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jan 1, 1936 (90 years old)
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.
Known For
| 2011 | My Name Is Not AliSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | When Fear Eats the SoulAli (archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Fox and His FriendsSalem the Moroccan (uncredited) | |
| 1975 | Like a Bird on a WireBodybuilder | |
| 1974 | Ali: Fear Eats the SoulAli | |
| 1974 | MarthaHotel Guest | |
| 1973 | Tenderness of the WolvesFranzösischer Soldat | |
| 1973 | Jail Bait | |
| 1973 | World on a WireBodyguard | |
| 1972 | The Merchant of Four SeasonsAraber | |
| 1972 | Eight Hours Don’t Make a DayDunkelhäutiger Arbeiter |
| 1982 | QuerelleThanks | |
| 1972 | The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantSet Production Assistant |