My Name Is Not Ali

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.

Keywords

  • Creatives: Make Movies!
  • 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.

Cast & Crew