Storyline
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. 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.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
El Hedi ben Salem
Self (archive footage)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (archive footage)
Abd El-Kader Jarrary
Self (Ben Salem's Son)
Hafsia Mellaim
Self (Ben Salem's former wife)
Viola Shafik
Self (voice)
Renate Leiffer
Self
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)
Frequently Asked Questions
My Name Is Not Ali was released on November 7, 2011.
The runtime of My Name Is Not Ali is 1h 38m.
My Name Is Not Ali is a Documentary movie.
My Name Is Not Ali has a rating of 6.3 out of 10 on TMDB.
My Name Is Not Ali is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
My Name Is Not Ali was directed by Viola Shafik.
The main cast of My Name Is Not Ali includes El Hedi ben Salem, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Abd El-Kader Jarrary.
My Name Is Not Ali is originally in German.