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El Hedi ben Salem

El Hedi ben Salem

El Hedi ben Salem

1936-01-01

Morocco

ACTING

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.

Best known for:

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Querelle

Fox and His Friends

The Merchant of Four Seasons

World on a Wire

Martha

Tenderness of the Wolves

Jail Bait

Like a Bird on a Wire

My Name Is Not Ali

When Fear Eats the Soul

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Filmography:

The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Araber
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
6.1
WORK AS:
Set Production Assistant
World on a Wire (1973)
5.9
APPEREAD AS:
Bodyguard
Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
4.3
APPEREAD AS:
Französischer Soldat
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
Ali
Martha (1974)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
Hotel Guest
Fox and His Friends (1975)
5.9
APPEREAD AS:
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Like a Bird on a Wire (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Bodybuilder

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Querelle (1982)
5.3
WORK AS:
Thanks
When Fear Eats the Soul (2007)
APPEREAD AS:
Ali (archive footage)

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