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El Hedi ben Salem
ActingBORN: 1936-01-01Morocco
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.
Top Filmography
7.7
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 // MOVIE
7.2
Fox and His Friends
1975 // MOVIE
6.6
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972 // MOVIE
7.2
World on a Wire
1973 // TV
6.9
Martha
1974 // MOVIE
5.6
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973 // MOVIE
7.6
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972 // TV
5.8
Jail Bait
1973 // MOVIE
5.8
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975 // MOVIE
5.8
My Name Is Not Ali
2011 // MOVIE
10.0
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007 // MOVIE