As Actor
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007
10.0
El Hedi ben Salem
Acting
Born
January 1, 1936
Born In
Morocco
Died
January 1, 1976
About
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.
