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El Hedi ben Salem

El Hedi ben Salem

Actor, Art Department, Set Decorator

Born January 1, 1936 in Morocco

Died January 1, 1976

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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.

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Filmography

Actor

17

Type

Year

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag - Eine Serie wird zum Familientreffpunkt Poster

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag - Eine Serie wird zum Familientreffpunkt Documentary2017Arbeiter

Fassbinder Poster

Fassbinder Documentary2015Ali

Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands Poster

Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands Documentary2015Self

My Name Is Not Ali Poster

My Name Is Not Ali Documentary2011Self

Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today Poster

Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today Video2010Bodyguard

Great Directors Poster

Great Directors Documentary2009Ali )

Quand la peur dévore l'âme Poster

Quand la peur dévore l'âme Short Film2007Ali

Der Kulturbetrieb braucht so was wie mich: Ansichten des Rainer Werner Fassbinder Poster

Der Kulturbetrieb braucht so was wie mich: Ansichten des Rainer Werner Fassbinder TV Movie1976Self

Fox and His Friends Poster

Fox and His Friends Feature Film1975Salem the Moroccan

Like a Bird on a Wire Poster

Like a Bird on a Wire TV Movie1975Bodybuilder

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Poster

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Feature Film1974Ali

Martha TV Movie1974Hotel Guest

Tenderness of the Wolves Poster

Tenderness of the Wolves Feature Film1973Französischer Soldat

World on a Wire Poster

World on a Wire Mini-Series1973Bodyguard

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day Poster

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day Mini-Series1972Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter

Jail Bait Poster

Jail Bait TV Movie1972Franz's friend

The Merchant of Four Seasons Poster

The Merchant of Four Seasons Feature Film1972The Arab

Thanks

3

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Year

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag - Eine Serie wird zum Familientreffpunkt Poster

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag - Eine Serie wird zum Familientreffpunkt Documentary2017

Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today Poster

Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today Video2010

Querelle Poster

Querelle Feature Film1982

Art Department

1

Tenderness of the Wolves Poster

Tenderness of the Wolves Feature Film1973

Set Decorator

1

Tenderness of the Wolves Poster

Tenderness of the Wolves Feature Film1973

Other Crew

1

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Poster

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Feature Film1972

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