El Hedi ben Salem
Known for
Acting
Life
1936 – 1976 (aged 40)
Born in
Morocco
Credits
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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
05 Mar 1974
Fox and His Friends
06 Jun 1975
The Merchant of Four Seasons
10 Mar 1972
World on a Wire
14 Oct 1973
Martha
28 May 1974
Tenderness of the Wolves
12 Jul 1973
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
29 Oct 1972
Jail Bait
09 Jan 1973
Filmography
2007
- When Fear Eats the Soulas Ali (archive footage)
1975
- Fox and His Friendsas Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
- Like a Bird on a Wireas Bodybuilder
1974
- Marthaas Hotel Guest
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soulas Ali
1973
- World on a Wireas Bodyguard2 episodes
- Tenderness of the Wolvesas Französischer Soldat
- Jail Bait
1972
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Dayas Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter4 episodes
- The Merchant of Four Seasonsas Araber