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