El Hedi ben Salem

Known for

Acting

Born

Jan 1, 1936

Died

Jan 1, 1976

From

Morocco

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.

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

19747.7out of 10

Fox and His Friends

19757.2out of 10

The Merchant of Four Seasons

19726.7out of 10

World on a Wire

19737.3out of 10

Martha

19747.0out of 10

Tenderness of the Wolves

19735.7out of 10

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

19727.7out of 10

Jail Bait

19736.2out of 10

Like a Bird on a Wire

19755.9out of 10

My Name Is Not Ali

20116.3out of 10

When Fear Eats the Soul

200710.0out of 10

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

19727.4out of 10

Querelle

19826.6out of 10