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.
| Directing | Grigori Kozintsev | Director |
| Writing | Yuri German | Writer |
| Writing | Grigori Kozintsev | Writer |
| Writing | Elena Serebrovskaya | Writer |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Music |
| Camera | Sergei Ivanov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Andrey Moskvin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mark Magidson | Director of Photography |
