El Hedi ben Salem
Date of Birth:
1936.01.01
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1976.01.01
Place of Birth:
Morocco
Total films:
9
Total series:
1
Last tv shows:
Best tv shows:
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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