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
When Fear Eats the Soul
Martha
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
World on a Wire
Fox and His Friends
Jail Bait
My Name Is Not Ali
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Like a Bird on a Wire
Tenderness of the Wolves
