El Hedi ben Salem

Actor

Born: January 1, 1936 (40 years old)

Died: January 1, 1976

Place of birth: Morocco

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.

Filmography (12)

• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974, ★ 7.7)
• The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972, ★ 6.7)
• Fox and His Friends (1975, ★ 7.2)
• Martha (1974, ★ 6.9)
• Tenderness of the Wolves (1973, ★ 5.6)
• My Name Is Not Ali (2011, ★ 6.3)
• World on a Wire (1973, ★ 7.2)
• Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972, ★ 7.6)
• The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972, ★ 7.4)
• Like a Bird on a Wire (1975, ★ 5.8)
• Jail Bait (1973, ★ 5.8)
• Querelle (1982, ★ 6.6)