Directed by
| Grigoriy Kozintsev | ||
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Yuri German | ... | (writer) |
| Grigoriy Kozintsev | ... | (writer) |
| Elena Serebrovskaya | ... | (writer) |
Cast (in credits order)
| Sergei Kurilov | ... | Belinsky | |
| Aleksandr Borisov | ... | Gertsen | |
| Vladimir Chestnokov | ... | Nekrasov | |
| Georgiy Vitsin | ... | Gogol | |
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Nikolai Afanasyev | ... | Lermontov (as M. Afanasyev) |
| Yuriy Tolubeev | ... | Schepkin | |
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Igor Litovkin | ... | Turgenev (as I. Litovkin) |
| Nina Mamaeva | ... | Belinskaya | |
| Yuriy Lyubimov | ... | Frolov | |
| Vladimir Belokurov | ... | Barsukov | |
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Konstantin Skorobogatov | ... | Krestyanin |
| Boris Dmokhovsky | ... | Dubelt | |
| Mikhail Nazvanov | ... | Nikolay I | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Igor Gorbachyov | |||
| Tatyana Piletskaya | ... | Natali Gertsen | |
| Arkadi Trusov | |||
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Valentin Lebedev | ... | Teacher of of Medieval History (uncredited) |
Music by
| Dmitri Shostakovich | ||
Cinematography by
| Sergei Ivanov | ||
| Mark Magidson | ||
| Andrey Moskvin | ... | (as Andrei Moskvin) |
| Lev Sokolsky | ... | (as L. Sokolsky) |
Editing by
| Yevgeniya Makhankova | ... | (as Ye. Makhankova) |
Production Design by
| Yevgeni Yenej | ||
Makeup Department
| Vasili Goryunov | ... | key makeup artist |
Art Department
| Boris Zelensky | ... | poster artist |
Sound Department
| Ilya Volk | ... | sound |