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)
