El Hedi ben Salem
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.
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Acting History
2011
My Name Is Not Ali as Self (archive footage)
2007When Fear Eats the Soul as Ali (archive footage)
1975Fox and His Friends as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
1975Like a Bird on a Wire as Bodybuilder
1974Martha as Hotel Guest
1974Ali: Fear Eats the Soul as Ali
1973World on a Wire as Bodyguard
1973Tenderness of the Wolves as Französischer Soldat
1973Jail Bait
1972The Merchant of Four Seasons as Araber