El Hedi ben Salem
Known for: Acting
Born: December 31, 1935 in Morocco - Died: December 31, 1975
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.
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber
Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Martha
Hotel Guest
When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)
My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder
Jail Bait
World on a Wire
Bodyguard
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Set Production Assistant
Querelle
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