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My Name Is Not Ali (2011)

Overview

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.
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Viola Shafik profile
Viola Shafik

Director

Cast

El Hedi ben Salem profile
El Hedi ben Salem

Self (archive footage)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder profile
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Self (archive footage)

Abd El-Kader Jarrary profile
Abd El-Kader Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's Son)

Hafsia Mellaim profile
Hafsia Mellaim

Self (Ben Salem's former wife)

Viola Shafik profile
Viola Shafik

Self (voice)

Renate Leiffer profile
Renate Leiffer

Self

Irm Hermann profile
Irm Hermann

Self

Karl Scheydt profile
Karl Scheydt

Self

Rudolf Waldemar Brem profile
Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Self

Hans Hirschmüller profile
Hans Hirschmüller

Self

Hamdan Jarrary profile
Hamdan Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's son)

Zeina Jarrary profile
Zeina Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's sister)

El Hedi ben Salem profile
El Hedi ben Salem

Self (archive footage)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder profile
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Self (archive footage)

Abd El-Kader Jarrary profile
Abd El-Kader Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's Son)

Hafsia Mellaim profile
Hafsia Mellaim

Self (Ben Salem's former wife)

Viola Shafik profile
Viola Shafik

Self (voice)

Renate Leiffer profile
Renate Leiffer

Self

Irm Hermann profile
Irm Hermann

Self

Karl Scheydt profile
Karl Scheydt

Self

Rudolf Waldemar Brem profile
Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Self

Hans Hirschmüller profile
Hans Hirschmüller

Self

Hamdan Jarrary profile
Hamdan Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's son)

Zeina Jarrary profile
Zeina Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's sister)

Extra

Release Date

November 7, 2011

Original Language

Arabic, German

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Mec Film logo

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