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El Hedi ben Salem
Actor, Additional Credits
Born January 1, 1936Died January 1, 1976 (40 years)
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
| 2015 | Fassbinder · as Ali |
| 2010 | Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today · as Bodyguard |
| 2009 | Great Directors · as Ali (clip From Angst Essen Seele Auf (1974)) |
| 1975 | Fox and His Friends · as Salem The Moroccan (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Like a Bird on a Wire · as Bodybuilder |
| 1974 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul · as Ali |
| 1974 | Martha · as Hotel Guest |
| 1973 | World on a Wire (TV Series) · as Bodyguard |
| 1973 | Tenderness of the Wolves · as Französischer Soldat |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Eight Hours Don't Make A Day (TV Series) · as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter |
| 1972 | The Merchant of Four Seasons · as Araber |