El Hedi ben Salem

Actor

Born: January 1, 1936
Died: January 1, 1976 (age 40)
From: 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 (9)

My Name Is Not Ali (2011)
Self (archive footage)
When Fear Eats the Soul (2007)
Ali (archive footage)
Fox and His Friends (1975)
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Like a Bird on a Wire (1975)
Bodybuilder
Martha (1974)
Hotel Guest
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Ali
Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
Französischer Soldat
Jail Bait (1973)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
Araber