"A biopic based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951, but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin."
Sergei Kurilov
as Belinsky
Aleksandr Borisov
as Gertsen
Vladimir Chestnokov
as Nekrasov
Georgiy Vitsin
as Gogol
Nikolai Afanasyev
as Lermontov
Igor Litovkin
as Turgenev
Nina Mamayeva
as Belinskaya
Yuri Lyubimov
as Frolov
Vladimir Belokurov
as Barsukov
Konstantin Skorobogatov
as Krestyanin
Boris Dmokhovsky
as Dubelt
Mikhail Nazvanov
as Nikolai I
Yuriy Tolubeev
as Schepkin
Konstantin Adashevsky
as Belinskiy's opponent / Peddler
Nikolay Kharitonov
as student at gallery
Lev Kolesov
as Kraevskiy
Aleksandr Chekayevsky
as (uncredited)
Grigori Kozintsev
Writer
Yuri German
Director
Elena Serebrovskaya
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Sergei Ivanov
Director of Photography
Mark Magidson
Andrey Moskvin
Nadezhda Kosheverova
Assistant Director
Evgeny Eney
Production Design
Ilya Volk
Sound Director
Nikolay Rabinovich
Conductor