El Hedi ben Salem
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1 January 1936
Died1 January 1976 (age 40)
Place of birthMorocco
Known credits13
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.
My Name Is Not Ali
2011 · Self (archive footage)
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007 · Ali (archive footage)
Querelle
1982 · Thanks
Fox and His Friends
1975 · Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975 · Bodybuilder
Martha
1974 · Hotel Guest
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Ali
World on a Wire
1973 · Bodyguard
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973 · Französischer Soldat
Jail Bait
1973
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972 · Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972 · Set Production Assistant
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972 · Araber
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