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)
My Name Is Not Ali (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
as Araber
Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
as Französischer Soldat
Martha (1974)
as Hotel Guest
Jail Bait (1973)
Actor
When Fear Eats the Soul (2007)
as Ali (archive footage)
Like a Bird on a Wire (1975)
as Bodybuilder