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El Hedi ben Salem
Acting
Born: January 1, 1936
Morocco
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.
Known For
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali
Martha
as Hotel Guest
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat
Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber
Jail Bait
When Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage)
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder
