El Hedi ben Salem
- Cast
- Born
- 1 January 1936 (died 1 January 1976)
- Place of birth
- Morocco
- Known for
- Acting · Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Merchant of Four Seasons, World on a Wire, Fox and His Friends
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 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.
Filmography
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