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El Hedi ben Salem
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…
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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 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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2011
My Name Is Not Ali
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
When Fear Eats the Soul
Movie Ali (archive footage)
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1982
Querelle
Movie Thanks
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1975
Fox and His Friends
Movie Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
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1975
Like a Bird on a Wire
Movie Bodybuilder
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1974
Martha
Movie Hotel Guest
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1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Movie Ali
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1973
World on a Wire
TV show Bodyguard
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1973
Tenderness of the Wolves
Movie Französischer Soldat
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1973
Jail Bait
Movie
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1972
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
TV show Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
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1972
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Movie Set Production Assistant
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1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Movie Araber
