El Hedi ben Salem

El Hedi ben Salem

Acting

Birthday

1936/01/01

Day of death

1976/01/01 (40 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Morocco

Also know as

Elhedi Ben Salem, El Hedi Ben Salem, Salem El Heïdi, Salem El Hedi

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.

Acting
Angst essen Seele auf
7.7

(1974) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

as Ali

Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe
5.7

(1973) Tenderness of the Wolves

as Französischer Soldat

Händler der vier Jahreszeiten
6.7

(1972) The Merchant of Four Seasons

as Araber

Faustrecht der Freiheit
7.3

(1975) Fox and His Friends

as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)

Martha
7.0

(1974) Martha

as Hotel Guest

Quand la peur dévore l'âme
10.0

(2007) When Fear Eats the Soul

as Ali (archive footage)

Jannat 'Ali
5.8

(2011) My Name Is Not Ali

as Self (archive footage)

Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht
5.8

(1975) Like a Bird on a Wire

as Bodybuilder

Wildwechsel
6.0

(1973) Jail Bait

as ---

Welt am Draht
7.2

(1973) World on a Wire

as Bodyguard