El Hedi ben Salem
Acting · 40 years old
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.
Known For
When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
World on a Wire
Bodyguard
Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Martha
Hotel Guest
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber
My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder
Jail Bait
Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat