Cast
El Hedi ben Salem
Acting
Cast
El Hedi ben Salem
Known for
Acting
Born
1936-01-01
From
Morocco
Died
1976-01-01
Also known as Elhedi Ben Salem, El Hedi Ben Salem, Salem El HeĂŻdi
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.
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6.7
MOVIE1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber
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7.7
MOVIE1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali
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7.0
MOVIE1974
Martha
as Hotel Guest
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6.1
MOVIE1973
Jail Bait
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5.7
MOVIE1973
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat
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7.2
MOVIE1975
Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
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10.0
MOVIE2007
When Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage)
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6.3
MOVIE2011
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
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5.9
MOVIE1975
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder