El Hedi ben Salem
Acting 1936-01-01 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.
Known For
TV
⭐ 7.3
World on a Wire
1973
TV
⭐ 7.7
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972
MOV
⭐ 7.7
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
MOV
⭐ 7.2
Fox and His Friends
1975
MOV
⭐ 6.7
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
MOV
⭐ 7.0
Martha
1974
MOV
⭐ 5.7
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
MOV
⭐ 6.3
My Name Is Not Ali
2011
MOV
⭐ 6.1
Jail Bait
1973
MOV
⭐ 10.0
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007
MOV
⭐ 5.9
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975