Forgive Me If I Die
{{short description|1989 film by Rasim Ojagov}}
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{{Infobox film
| italic_title = {{langx|az|Ölsəm... bağışla}}
{{langx|ru|Храм воздуха}}
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| native_name = Ölsəm... bağışla
| director = Rasim Ojagov
| producer = Ramiz Aliyev
| writer = Rustam Ibragimbekov
| starring = {{unbulleted list|Fakhraddin Manafov|Gulzar Gurbanova|Sadaya Mustafayeva|Mukhtar Maniyev}}
| music = Emin Sabitoglu
| layout_artist = Rafiz İsmailov
| color_process = Black and white (with coloured episodes)
| studio = Azerbaijanfilm
| released = {{Film date|1989|10|24}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = Azerbaijan SSR
| language = Russian (dubbed in Azerbaijani)
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Forgive Me If I Die ({{langx|az|Ölsəm... bağışla}}; {{langx|ru|Храм воздуха}}) is a 1989 Soviet-Azerbaijani romantic drama film about love and death{{Cite book|title=Bizim "Azərbaycanfilm" (1923-2003): C.Cabbarlı adına "Azərbaycanfilm" kinostudiyasının 80 illiyinə həsr olunur|last=Kazimzade|first=Aydin|publisher=Mutarjim|year=2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=440aAQAAIAAJ&q=%22%C3%B6ls%C9%99m+ba%C4%9F%C4%B1%C5%9Fla%22|page=282|language=Az|access-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200804200909/https://books.google.az/books?id=440aAQAAIAAJ&q=%22%C3%B6ls%C9%99m+ba%C4%9F%C4%B1%C5%9Fla%22&dq=%22%C3%B6ls%C9%99m+ba%C4%9F%C4%B1%C5%9Fla%22&hl=az&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibgZSPqoLrAhVyoXEKHSANClIQ6AEwAXoECAMQAg|archive-date=2020-08-04|url-status=live}} directed by Rasim Ojagov, written by Rustam Ibragimbekov,{{Cite book|title=Azərbaycan kinematoqrafçıları: portretlər|last=Kazimzade|first=Aydin|publisher=Mutarjim|year=2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=io0aAQAAIAAJ&q=%22%C3%B6ls%C9%99m+ba%C4%9F%C4%B1%C5%9Fla%22|page=146|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200804195931/https://books.google.az/books?id=io0aAQAAIAAJ&q=%22%C3%B6ls%C9%99m+ba%C4%9F%C4%B1%C5%9Fla%22&dq=%22%C3%B6ls%C9%99m+ba%C4%9F%C4%B1%C5%9Fla%22&hl=az&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibgZSPqoLrAhVyoXEKHSANClIQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg|archive-date=2020-08-04|access-date=2020-10-02|url-status=live}} and starring Fakhraddin Manafov, Gulzar Gurbanova, Sadaya Mustafayeva and Mukhtar Maniyev. The film narrates the life story of Yusif, a man who got a contusion during the Second World War, deserted the army prior to the end of the war, arrested because of that, and saw his girlfriend married to another man.{{Cite web|url=https://news.milli.az/culture/267025.html|title="Ölsəm, bağışla": "Onun Fəxrəddinə ayrı bir simpatiyası vardı"|date=2014-05-10|access-date=2020-08-03|website=news.milli.az|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200803092441/https://news.milli.az/culture/267025.html|archive-date=2020-08-03|language=Azerbaijani|url-status=live}}
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Fakhraddin Manafov as Yusif
- Gulzar Gurbanova as Gulya
- Sadaya Mustafayeva as Yusif′s mother
- Mukhtar Maniyev as Seyidrza
- Nizami Musayev as Javad
- Agasef Sadigbeyov as Eldar
- Ulker Guliyeva as Naza
- Victor Demirtaş as Edick
- Andrei Prokhorov as Victor
- Rasmi Jabrayilov as a doctor
- Andrei Yurenev as an inspector
- Galina Kuznetsova as a landlady
- Maria Stepanova as Aunt Marusya
- Yelena Kostina as Zina
- Hasan Mammadov as Firuz
- Haji İsmayilov as Gulam
- Aliya Musayeva as Zulya
- Zulfugar Baratzade as Baladadash
- Niyazi Ahmadov as Selim
- Tofig Ismayilov as a director
- Nuriyya Ahmadova as Saltanat
- Valiahd Valiyev as a slacker
- Kamil Maharramov as a gun dealer
- Boka as a singer in restaurant
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Production
The movie was shot in Baku and Kislovodsk in 1989.
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