Belinsky (1953)
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.
Director: Grigori Kozintsev
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Sergei Kurilov as Belinsky |
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Aleksandr Borisov as Gertsen |
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Vladimir Chestnokov as Nekrasov |
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Georgiy Vitsin as Gogol |
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Nikolai Afanasyev as Lermontov |
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Igor Litovkin as Turgenev |
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Nina Mamayeva as Belinskaya |
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Yuri Lyubimov as Frolov |
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Vladimir Belokurov as Barsukov |
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Konstantin Skorobogatov as Krestyanin |
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Boris Dmokhovsky as Dubelt |
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Mikhail Nazvanov as Nikolai I |
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Yuriy Tolubeev as Schepkin |
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Konstantin Adashevsky as Belinskiy's opponent / Peddler |
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Nikolay Kharitonov as student at gallery |
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Lev Kolesov as Kraevskiy |
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Aleksandr Chekayevsky as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Grigori Kozintsev | Director |
| Writing | Yuri German | Writer |
| Writing | Grigori Kozintsev | Writer |
| Writing | Elena Serebrovskaya | Writer |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Sergei Ivanov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Andrey Moskvin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mark Magidson | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Nadezhda Kosheverova | Assistant Director |
| Art | Evgeny Eney | Production Design |
| Sound | Ilya Volk | Sound Director |
| Sound | Nikolay Rabinovich | Conductor |