El Hedi ben Salem
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1936
- Place of birth
- Morocco
- 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.
Movies with El Hedi ben Salem
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 · ★ 7.7
- Fox and His Friends 1975 · ★ 7.2
- The Merchant of Four Seasons 1972 · ★ 6.8
- Martha 1974 · ★ 7.0
- Tenderness of the Wolves 1973 · ★ 5.7
- Jail Bait 1973 · ★ 6.2
- Like a Bird on a Wire 1975 · ★ 5.9
- My Name Is Not Ali 2011 · ★ 6.3
- When Fear Eats the Soul 2007 · ★ 10.0