Cast & creator
El Hedi ben Salem
Best known for World on a Wire, Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
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.
Also known as: Elhedi Ben Salem, El Hedi Ben Salem, Salem El Heïdi, Salem El Hedi
11
film credits
2
television credits
11
1972–2011 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (13)
Showing 13 of 13 credits
World on a Wire
Bodyguard
1973
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
1972
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
1974
Querelle
Thanks
1982
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Set Production Assistant
1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber
1972
Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
1975
Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat
1973
My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
2011
Jail Bait
1973
When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)
2007
Martha
Hotel Guest
1974
Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder
1975