
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.

as Belinsky

as Gertsen

as Nekrasov

as Gogol

as Lermontov

as Turgenev

as Belinskaya

as Frolov

as Barsukov

as Krestyanin

as Dubelt

as Nikolai I

as Schepkin

as Belinskiy's opponent / Peddler

as student at gallery

as Kraevskiy

as (uncredited)