logo

Home

Movies

TV shows

Sign In

HOMEMOVIESTV-SHOWSABOUTWATCHLIST
homemoviestv-showsaboutwatchlist

Powered by

TMDB website logo

© 2025 Filmverse

My Name Is Not Ali

11/07/2011

|

1hr 38min

|

Documentary

STORY

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 archive material. With openness and slight naivety the interviewees explain how “Ali” became an oriental object of projection for the Fassbinder group, while El Hedi Ben Salem, the human being, was overlooked in order to establish the foreigner as “other.” A no-frills examination of a piece of German and Munich film history.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • El Hedi ben Salem
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Abd El-Kader Jarrary
  • Hafsia Mellaim
  • Viola Shafik

    Director

  • Viola Shafik

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Mec Film

    Production Countries

  • Egypt
  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • Arabic
  • German

Cast

El Hedi ben Salem

Self (archive footage)

Abd El-Kader Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's Son)

Hafsia Mellaim

Self (Ben Salem's former wife)

Irm Hermann

Self

Karl Scheydt

Self

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Self

Hans Hirschmüller

Self

Hamdan Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's son)

Zeina Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's sister)

Ahmed Lecomte

Self (Ben Salem's nephew)

Videos

movies like My Name Is Not Ali

Resident Evil: Retribution

Resident Evil: Retribution

Shrek 2

Shrek 2

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden

Rheme Maining Sources

Rheme Maining Sources

Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 3

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Loro 2

Loro 2

Hellboy

Hellboy

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

Mission: Impossible II

Mission: Impossible II

Goldfinger

Goldfinger

Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek: First Contact

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1½

Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo

Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo

Rambo III

Rambo III

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist