Acting
El Hedi ben Salem
Also Known As: Elhedi Ben Salem, El Hedi Ben Salem, Salem El Heïdi
Birth Date
January 1, 1936
Death Date
January 1, 1976
(passed away at 40)
Place of Birth
Morocco
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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.
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World on a Wire
Bodyguard
1973 • 2 episodes
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
1974
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
1972 • 4 episodes
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber
1972
Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat
1973
Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
1975
My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
2011
Jail Bait
1973
Martha
Hotel Guest
1974
When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)
2007
Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder
1975