El Hedi ben Salem
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, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.
Filmography 11
Movies (9)
My Name Is Not Ali2011Self (archive footage)
When Fear Eats the Soul2007Ali (archive footage)
Fox and His Friends1975Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Like a Bird on a Wire1975Bodybuilder
Martha1974Hotel Guest
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul1974Ali
Tenderness of the Wolves1973Französischer Soldat
Jail Bait1973
The Merchant of Four Seasons1972Araber
Shows (2)
World on a Wire1973Bodyguard
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day1972Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter