El Hedi ben Salem
- Acting
- January 1, 1936 · Morocco
- January 1, 1976
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
Filmography
- My Name Is Not Ali · Self
- When Fear Eats the Soul · Ali (archive footage)
- Querelle · Thanks
- Fox and His Friends · Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
- Like a Bird on a Wire · Bodybuilder
- Martha · Hotel Guest
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul · Ali
- World on a Wire · Bodyguard
- Tenderness of the Wolves · Französischer Soldat
- Jail Bait
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day · Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant · Set Production Assistant
- The Merchant of Four Seasons · Araber