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.
Key credits listed on this page include Grigori Kozintsev, Elena Serebrovskaya, Yuri German, Sergei Kurilov, Aleksandr Borisov, Vladimir Chestnokov, Georgiy Vitsin, and Nikolai Afanasyev.