El Hedi ben Salem
Acting • Born 1936-01-01 – Died 1976-01-01
Acting0Morocco
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
11 credits
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Movie • 1974
Ali
Tenderness of the Wolves
Movie • 1973
Französischer Soldat
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Movie • 1972
Araber
Fox and His Friends
Movie • 1975
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Martha
Movie • 1974
Hotel Guest
When Fear Eats the Soul
Movie • 2007
Ali (archive footage)
My Name Is Not Ali
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Like a Bird on a Wire
Movie • 1975
Bodybuilder
Jail Bait
Movie • 1973
World on a Wire
TV • 1973
Bodyguard
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
TV • 1972
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter