El Hedi ben Salem
Actor
Born January 1, 1936 in Morocco
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
My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)
Querelle
Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder
Martha
Hotel Guest
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
World on a Wire
Bodyguard
Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat
Jail Bait
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber