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.
Also known as
Elhedi Ben Salem · El Hedi Ben Salem · Salem El Heïdi · Salem El Hedi
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Known For
Querelle
1982 · Movie
World on a Wire
1973 · TV
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Movie
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972 · TV
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972 · Movie
Fox and His Friends
1975 · Movie
My Name Is Not Ali
2011 · Movie
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972 · Movie
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973 · Movie
Martha
1974 · Movie
Jail Bait
1973 · Movie
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007 · Movie