El Hedi ben Salem
Acting
1936-01-01 · 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(11)
movieMy Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage) · 2011 · 6.3
movieWhen Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage) · 2007 · 10.0
movieFox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited) · 1975 · 7.2
movieLike a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder · 1975 · 5.9
movieMartha
as Hotel Guest · 1974 · 7.0
movieAli: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali · 1974 · 7.7
tvWorld on a Wire
as Bodyguard · 1973 · 7.3
movieTenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat · 1973 · 5.7
movieJail Bait
as · 1973 · 6.1
tvEight Hours Don’t Make a Day
as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter · 1972 · 7.7
movieThe Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber · 1972 · 6.7