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.

Known For

World on a Wire

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Martha

Tenderness of the Wolves

Fox and His Friends

Jail Bait

The Merchant of Four Seasons

All Movies (9)

• My Name Is Not Ali2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• When Fear Eats the Soul2007 · as Ali (archive footage)
• Fox and His Friends1975 · as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
• Like a Bird on a Wire1975 · as Bodybuilder
• Martha1974 · as Hotel Guest
• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul1974 · as Ali
• Tenderness of the Wolves1973 · as Französischer Soldat
• Jail Bait1973
• The Merchant of Four Seasons1972 · as Araber

All TV Shows (2)

• World on a Wire1973 · as Bodyguard
• Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day1972 · as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter