El Hedi ben Salem

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.4663

Gender

Male

Birthday

01-Jan-1936

Age

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Morocco

Also Known As
  • Elhedi Ben Salem
  • El Hedi Ben Salem
  • Salem El Heïdi
  • Salem El Hedi

El Hedi ben Salem

Biography

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.


Credits

Quand la peur dévore l'âme Quand la peur dévore l'âme (2007) Character: Ali (archive footage)
Mixing scenes of Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows and Fassbinder's Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, François Ozon creates a new film about cinephilic contamination.
Jannat 'Ali Jannat 'Ali (2011) Character: Self (archive footage)
Travelling between Germany, France, and Tunisia, Viola Shafik reconstructs and deconstructs the unknown life story of El Hedi Ben Salem through interviews with his companions and family members as well as archival material. With openness and slight naivety, the interviewees explain how “Ali” became an oriental object of projection for the Fassbinder group, while El Hedi Ben Salem, the human being, was overlooked in order to establish the foreigner as “other.” A no-frills examination of a piece of German and Munich film history.
Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht (1975) Character: Bodybuilder
A pseudo variety show about the Aufbau-Era, the time of the German 'economic miracle'. Brigitte Mira recounts her four husbands through song and joke, on a series of artificial sets.
Martha Martha (1974) Character: Hotel Guest
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.
Angst essen Seele auf Angst essen Seele auf (1974) Character: Ali
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
Wildwechsel Wildwechsel (1973) Character: N/A
In a small German town, a 14-year-old girl's relationship with an older man draws scrutiny and leads to legal consequences, reflecting the constraints of their social surroundings.
Händler der vier Jahreszeiten Händler der vier Jahreszeiten (1972) Character: Araber
Hans is a street fruit peddler and born loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However, the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.
Faustrecht der Freiheit Faustrecht der Freiheit (1975) Character: Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen in an attempt to climb the social ladder. His desperation for love and affection soon spirals into tragedy.
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973) Character: Französischer Soldat
A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. Based on the true story of Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover.



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