- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1936
- Place of Birth
- Morocco
- Died
- January 1, 1976
El Hedi ben Salem
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
movieMy Name Is Not Ali
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhen Fear Eats the Soul
2007 · Ali (archive footage)
movieQuerelle
1982 · Thanks
movieFox and His Friends
1975 · Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
movieLike a Bird on a Wire
1975 · Bodybuilder
movieMartha
1974 · Hotel Guest
movieAli: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Ali
tvWorld on a Wire
1973 · Bodyguard
movieTenderness of the Wolves
1973 · Französischer Soldat
movieJail Bait
1973
tvEight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972 · Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
movieThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972 · Set Production Assistant
movieThe Merchant of Four Seasons
1972 · Araber