El Hedi ben Salem
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
10
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-01-01
Day of death
1976-01-01 (40 years old)
Place of Birth
Morocco
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
Like a Bird on a Wire
Martha
Jail Bait
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
World on a Wire
My Name Is Not Ali
Fox and His Friends
Tenderness of the Wolves
The Merchant of Four Seasons
When Fear Eats the Soul
