
Keywords
- Made in Germany
- Topic: Oral History
- controversial
- film about film
- immigration
- mec film
- pop culture
Actors
- Mohamed El-Hedi Ben Salem
- Abd El-Kader Jarrary
- Najat Ghribi
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Zakia Jarrary
Director
- Viola Shafik
Biography, Documentary
1h 32min
16+
DE
EN
Egypt
Germany
2011
A portrait of El Hedi ben Salem, the actor of the Arab guest worker Ali from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film "Ali – Fear Eats The Soul".
A portrait of El Hedi ben Salem, the actor of the Arab guest worker Ali from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film "Ali – Fear Eats The Soul".
His anti-racist film "Ali – Fear Eats The Soul" (1973) gained German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder international acclaim. The protagonist, an Arab foreign worker, was played by Moroccan El Hedi Ben Salem M’barek Mohammed Mustafa, Fassbinder’s lover at that time.