Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Mark Magidson, Andrei Moskvin and Sergey Ivanov
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Grigori KozintsevWriter
- Yuri GermanWriter
- Elena SerebrovskayaWriter
- Original title
- Белинский
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 4, 1953
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
Sergei KurilovBelinsky
Aleksandr BorisovGertsen
Vladimir ChestnokovNekrasov
Georgiy VitsinGogol
Nikolai AfanasyevLermontov- Igor LitovkinTurgenev
Nina MamayevaBelinskaya
Yuri LyubimovFrolov
Vladimir BelokurovBarsukov
Konstantin SkorobogatovKrestyanin
Boris DmokhovskyDubelt
Mikhail NazvanovNikolai I
Yuriy TolubeevSchepkin
Konstantin AdashevskyBelinskiy's opponent / Peddler
Nikolay Kharitonovstudent at gallery
Lev KolesovKraevskiy
Aleksandr Chekayevsky(uncredited)
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