El Hedi ben Salem
Born: 1936-01-01 in Morocco
Died: 1976-01-01
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2011
- My Name Is Not Ali as Self (archive footage)
2007
- When Fear Eats the Soul as Ali (archive footage)
1982
- Querelle ... (Thanks)
1975
- Fox and His Friends as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
- Like a Bird on a Wire as Bodybuilder
1974
- Martha as Hotel Guest
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul as Ali
1973
- Jail Bait
- World on a Wire as Bodyguard
- Tenderness of the Wolves as Französischer Soldat
1972
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant ... (Set Production Assistant)
- The Merchant of Four Seasons as Araber