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
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul as Ali
- Martha as Hotel Guest
1973
- World on a Wire as Bodyguard
- Jail Bait
- Tenderness of the Wolves as Französischer Soldat
1972
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant ... (Set Production Assistant)
- The Merchant of Four Seasons as Araber