El Hedi ben Salem
El Hedi ben Salem is known for acting, with films including Querelle, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.
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.