El Hedi ben Salem

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 of a heart attack 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.

Other names:

Elhedi Ben Salem,

El Hedi Ben Salem,

Salem El Heïdi,

Salem El Hedi

Gender:

Nam

Birthday:

1 thg 1, 1936

Death:

1 thg 1, 1976

Place of birth:

Morocco