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.
Belinsky
Gertsen
Nekrasov
Gogol
Lermontov
Turgenev
Belinskaya
Frolov
Barsukov
Krestyanin
Dubelt
Nikolai I
Schepkin
Belinskiy's opponent / Peddler
student at gallery
Kraevskiy
(uncredited)
