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    My Name Is Not Ali

    98'

    2011-11-07

    6.3

    Documentary

    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 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.

    DirectingViola ShafikWritingViola Shafik

    Cast

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    El Hedi ben Salem

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    1

    Self (Ben Salem's Son)

    Abd El-Kader Jarrary

    1

    Self (Ben Salem's former wife)

    Hafsia Mellaim

    1

    Self (voice)

    Viola Shafik

    1

    Self

    Renate Leiffer

    1

    Self

    Irm Hermann

    1

    Self

    Karl Scheydt

    1

    Self

    Rudolf Waldemar Brem

    1

    Self

    Hans Hirschmüller

    1

    Self (Ben Salem's son)

    Hamdan Jarrary

    1

    Self (Ben Salem's sister)

    Zeina Jarrary

    1

    Self (Ben Salem's nephew)

    Ahmed Lecomte

    1

    Self (Ben Salem's niece)

    Reqaya Zkoura

    1

    Self (Ben Salem's niece)

    Chadhlia Zkoura

    1

    Self (Ben Salem's daughter-in-law)

    Najat Ghribi

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Kurt Raab

    1

    Self

    Thea Eymèsz

    1

    Self

    Nikolaus Notter

    1

    Self

    Marie Notter

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Egypt
      2. Germany
    • List of languages:
      1. Arabic
      2. German
    • List of companies:
      1. Diogenes Film
      2. Bärbel Mauch Film
    • Vote Count: 6
    • Popularity: 1.693
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Jannat 'Ali

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