El Hedi ben Salem
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.
Cast
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
(Ali)
Tenderness of the Wolves
(Französischer Soldat)
The Merchant of Four Seasons
(Araber)
Fox and His Friends
(Salem the Moroccan (uncredited))
Martha
(Hotel Guest)
When Fear Eats the Soul
(Ali (archive footage))
My Name Is Not Ali
(Self (archive footage))
Like a Bird on a Wire
(Bodybuilder)
Jail Bait
World on a Wire
(Bodyguard)
