El Hedi ben Salem
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-01-01
Place of Birth
Morocco
El Hedi ben Salem
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.
Also Known For
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Mar 05, 1974
Tenderness of the Wolves
Jul 12, 1973
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Mar 10, 1972
Fox and His Friends
Jun 06, 1975
Martha
May 28, 1974
When Fear Eats the Soul
Feb 01, 2007
My Name Is Not Ali
Nov 07, 2011
Like a Bird on a Wire
May 05, 1975
Jail Bait
Jan 09, 1973
