My Name Is Not Ali

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El Hedi ben Salem
El Hedi ben Salem

Self (archive footage)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Self (archive footage)

Abd El-Kader Jarrary
Abd El-Kader Jarrary

Self (Ben Salem's Son)

Hafsia Mellaim
Hafsia Mellaim

Self (Ben Salem's former wife)

Viola Shafik
Viola Shafik

Self (voice)

Renate Leiffer
Renate Leiffer

Self

Irm Hermann
Irm Hermann

Self

Karl Scheydt
Karl Scheydt

Self

Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Self

Hans Hirschmüller
Hans Hirschmüller

Self

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