"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
I. 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
Grigori Kozintsev
Writer
Elena Serebrovskaya
Yuri German
Director
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Mark Magidson
Director of Photography
Andrey Moskvin
Sergei Ivanov