Watch My Name Is Not Ali (2011) Online!

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.

Directing:
  • Viola Shafik

Writing:
  • Viola Shafik

Stars:
Release Date: 2011-11-07
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  • Country: EG, DE
  • Language: العربية | Deutsch
  • Runtime: 98
Karl Scheydt
Karl Scheydt
Self
El Hedi ben Salem
El Hedi ben S...
Self (archive footage)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner...
Self (archive footage)
Irm Hermann
Irm Hermann
Self
Kurt Raab
Kurt Raab
Self (archive footage)
Hans Hirschmüller
Hans Hirschmü...
Self
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rudolf Waldem...
Self
Renate Leiffer
Renate Leiffe...
Self
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