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El Hedi ben Salem (c. 1935 – 1977) was a Moroccan actor, best known for his work with film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
El Hedi ben Salem was born on 4 March 1936 in Redeyef, Gafsa, Tunisia. He was an actor and set decorator, known for Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) and Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972). He died on 14 March 1976 in Nîmes, Gard, France.
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- Redeyef, Gafsa, Tunisia
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- Nîmes, Gard, France
Nov 7, 2011 · My Name Is Not Ali: Directed by Viola Shafik. With El Hedi ben Salem, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Thea Eymèsz, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Viola Shafik's documentary explores the story of El Hedi ben Salem, a lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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- Viola Shafik
- 2011-11-07
El Hedi Ben Salem M’barek Mohammed Mustafa, star of “Fear Eats the Soul: Ali,” and among the more tragic figures swept up in and discarded by Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s creative clique, is...
El Hedi ben Salem is a Moroccan actor. He is best known as the lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died of a heart attack while in prison. Fassbinder dedicated his last film, Querelle (1982), to Salem.
Aug 29, 2012 · Best known for playing Ali, the young Berber laborer whose relationship with an older German woman is recounted in Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, El Hedi ben Salem was credited on close to a dozen...
Dec 8, 2023 · ‘My Name Is Not Ali’ is the very sad and bizarre story of one of Fassbinder’s most recognisable stars, the mysterious, gentle-hearted Moroccan immigrant of ‘Fear Eats the Soul’, El Hedi ben Salem.