El Hedi ben Salem
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1936-01-01 · Morocco
- Died
- 1976-01-01
Known for
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) — Ali
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) — Set Production Assistant
- Querelle (1982) — Thanks
- Fox and His Friends (1975) — Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
- The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) — Araber
- World on a Wire (1973) — Bodyguard
- Martha (1974) — Hotel Guest
- Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) — Französischer Soldat
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972) — Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
- Jail Bait (1973)
- Like a Bird on a Wire (1975) — Bodybuilder
- My Name Is Not Ali (2011) — Self (archive footage)
- When Fear Eats the Soul (2007) — Ali (archive footage)