El Hedi ben Salem

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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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Querelle Trailer (1982)

08 September 1982

French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane.

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Trailer (1974)

05 March 1974

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship.

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Trailer (1972)

05 October 1972

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer).

Fox and His Friends Trailer (1975)

06 June 1975

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.

Martha Trailer (1974)

28 May 1974

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.

When Fear Eats the Soul Trailer (2007)

01 February 2007

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.

The Merchant of Four Seasons Trailer (1972)

10 March 1972

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.

Jail Bait Trailer (1973)

09 January 1973

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.

Tenderness of the Wolves Trailer (1973)

12 July 1973

A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars.

My Name Is Not Ali Trailer (2011)

07 November 2011

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.

Like a Bird on a Wire Trailer (1975)

05 May 1975

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.