Acting
El Hedi ben Salem
- Born
- January 1, 1936
- Died
- January 1, 1976
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.
Filmography
Known for
7.7Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
5.7Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
6.7The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
7.2Fox and His Friends
1975
7.0Martha
1974
10.0When Fear Eats the Soul
2007
6.3My Name Is Not Ali
2011
5.9Like a Bird on a Wire
1975
6.2Jail Bait
1973
7.3World on a Wire
1973
7.7Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972
7.4The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
6.6Querelle
1982