Germany / Nov 07, 2011 / ALFILM Festival
My Name Is Not Ali (2011)
Directed by Viola Shafik
1h 38minruntime
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Karl Scheydt | Self |
| Rudolf Waldemar Brem | Self |
| Hans Hirschmüller | Self |
| Hamdan Jarrary | Self (Ben Salem's son) |
| Zeina Jarrary | Self (Ben Salem's sister) |
| Ahmed Lecomte | Self (Ben Salem's nephew) |
| Reqaya Zkoura | Self (Ben Salem's niece) |
| Chadhlia Zkoura | Self (Ben Salem's niece) |
| Najat Ghribi | Self (Ben Salem's daughter-in-law) |
| Kurt Raab | Self (archive footage) |
| Thea Eymèsz | Self |
| Nikolaus Notter | Self |
| Marie Notter | Self |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Jannat 'Ali |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | العربية, Deutsch |
| Production countries | Egypt, Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Diogenes Film, Bärbel Mauch Film |
| Release date | 7 novembre 2011 |
| Production | Onsi Abou Seif |
| Writer | Viola Shafik |
| Editing | Doreen Ignaszewski |
| Cinematography | Viola Shafik |
| Assistant directors | Viola Shafik |
| Music | Viola Shafik |
| Sound | Viola Shafik |
Release dates
Premiere
Italy / Jun 12, 2012 / Biografilm Festival
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