Person

El Hedi ben Salem

Acting · 1936–1976 · 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.

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  Querelle

  Thanks

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  World on a Wire

  Bodyguard

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  Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

  Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter

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  Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

  Ali

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  The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

  Set Production Assistant

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  The Merchant of Four Seasons

  Araber

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  My Name Is Not Ali

  Self (archive footage)

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  Tenderness of the Wolves

  Französischer Soldat

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  Fox and His Friends

  Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)

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  Jail Bait

  1973

• 2011My Name Is Not AliSelf (archive footage)
• 2007When Fear Eats the SoulAli (archive footage)
• 1982QuerelleThanks
• 1975Fox and His FriendsSalem the Moroccan (uncredited)
• 1975Like a Bird on a WireBodybuilder
• 1974MarthaHotel Guest
• 1974Ali: Fear Eats the SoulAli
• 1973World on a WireBodyguard
• 1973Tenderness of the WolvesFranzösischer Soldat
• 1973Jail Bait
• 1972Eight Hours Don’t Make a DayDunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
• 1972The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantSet Production Assistant
• 1972The Merchant of Four SeasonsAraber