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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 a Tunisian actor and set decorator who appeared in several films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died by suicide in a French prison in 1976, after being arrested for drug possession.
Nov 7, 2011 · El Hedi ben Salem was a Moroccan actor and lover of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. This documentary by Viola Shafik reveals his life, his role in Fassbinder's films, and his mysterious death in prison.
El Hedi ben Salem was a Moroccan actor and lover of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He appeared in several of Fassbinder's films, such as Ali: Fear Eats the Soul and Fox and His Friends, and died in prison in 1982.
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.
Sep 3, 2012 · By Dennis Harvey. 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...
