El Hedi ben Salem
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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Acting Credits
2
Crew Credits
Acting
Movie
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali
1974
Movie
Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
1975
Movie
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber
1972
TV
World on a Wire
as Bodyguard
1973
Movie
Martha
as Hotel Guest
1974
Movie
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat
1973
TV
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
1972
Movie
Jail Bait
1973
Movie
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder
1975
Movie
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Movie
When Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage)
2007
