El Hedi ben Salem
Acting
Born: 1936-01-01 in Morocco
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.
Known For
World on a Wire
Bodyguard
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber
Martha
Hotel Guest
Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
Jail Bait
Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat
Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder
When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)