El Hedi ben Salem

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Acting

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.

Filmography

• My Name Is Not Ali (2011)
• When Fear Eats the Soul (2007)
• Querelle (1982)
• Fox and His Friends (1975)
• Like a Bird on a Wire (1975)
• Martha (1974)
• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
• Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
• Jail Bait (1973)
• The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
• The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)