El Hedi ben Salem
Born: 1936-01-01 Morocco
Died: 1976-01-01
El Hedi ben Salem is a Moroccan actor. He is best known as the lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died of a heart attack 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.
Acting (in our collection)
Fox and His Friends
(1975)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
(1974)
Martha
(1974)
World on a Wire
(1973)
The Merchant of Four Seasons
(1972)