Drama
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.
Directed by
Grigori Kozintsev
Written by
Elena Serebrovskaya, Yuri German, Grigori Kozintsev
Georgiy Vitsin
Gogol
Sergei Kurilov
Belinsky
Aleksandr Borisov
Gertsen
Mikhail Nazvanov
Nikolai I
Nikolai Afanasyev
Lermontov
Vladimir Belokurov
Barsukov
Yuriy Tolubeev
Schepkin
Konstantin Adashevsky
Belinskiy's opponent / Peddler
Nina Mamayeva
Belinskaya
Yuri Lyubimov
Frolov
Vladimir Chestnokov
Nekrasov
Nikolay Kharitonov
student at gallery
Lev Kolesov
Kraevskiy
Boris Dmokhovsky
Dubelt
Aleksandr Chekayevsky
(uncredited)
Konstantin Skorobogatov
Krestyanin
Igor Litovkin
Turgenev

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