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El Hedi ben Salem

Jan 01, 1936 - Jan 01, 1976 (40 years old) in Morocco

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.

Known For

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World on a Wire
Bodyguard
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
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Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
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Martha
Hotel Guest
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The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber
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Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat
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When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)
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Jail Bait
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My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
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Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder

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