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.
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Sergei Kurilov
Belinsky
Aleksandr Borisov
Gertsen
Vladimir Chestnokov
Nekrasov
Georgiy Vitsin
Gogol
Nikolai Afanasyev
Lermontov
I. Litovkin
Turgenev
Nina Mamayeva
Belinskaya
Yuri Lyubimov
Frolov
Vladimir Belokurov
Barsukov
Konstantin Skorobogatov
Krestyanin
Boris Dmokhovsky
Dubelt
Mikhail Nazvanov
Nikolai I
Yuriy Tolubeev
Schepkin
Grigori Kozintsev
Writer
Elena Serebrovskaya
Yuri German
Director
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Mark Magidson
Director of Photography
Andrey Moskvin
Sergei Ivanov
Nadezhda Kosheverova
Assistant Director
Evgeny Eney
Production Design
Ilya Volk
Sound Director
Nikolay Rabinovich
Conductor