El Hedi ben Salem

Personal Info

Birthday: 1936-01-01

Age: 89

Place of Birth: Morocco

Known For: Acting

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, ...

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Filmography

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Ali

Tenderness of the Wolves

Französischer Soldat

The Merchant of Four Seasons

Araber

Fox and His Friends

Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)

Martha

Hotel Guest

When Fear Eats the Soul

Ali (archive footage)

My Name Is Not Ali

Self (archive footage)

Like a Bird on a Wire

Bodybuilder

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