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El Hedi ben Salem
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🎂 January 1, 1936📍 Morocco🕯️ January 1, 1976 · Age 40
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.
BODY OF WORK
El Hedi ben Salem's Filmography
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My Name Is Not Ali
2011⭐ 6.3
as Self (archive footage)
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When Fear Eats the Soul
2007⭐ 10.0
as Ali (archive footage)
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Fox and His Friends
1975⭐ 7.2
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
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Like a Bird on a Wire
1975⭐ 5.9
as Bodybuilder
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Martha
1974⭐ 7.0
as Hotel Guest
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974⭐ 7.7
as Ali
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Tenderness of the Wolves
1973⭐ 5.7
as Französischer Soldat
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Jail Bait
1973⭐ 6.2
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The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972⭐ 6.8
as Araber