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Mumu (1959 film)

1959 Soviet film by Yevgeny Teterin

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ13988396 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mumu (Russian: Муму) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Anatoliy Bobrovskiy and Evgeniy Teterin. It is based on the short story "Mumu" by Ivan Turgenev.

Plot

The film tells about the dumb serf and his faithful dog MuMu.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mumu (1959 film)” as 1959 Soviet film by Yevgeny Teterin. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mumu, film and Soviet.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1959—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1959-11. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mumu, film and Soviet providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mumu (1959 film)”, the useful work is to connect “1959 Soviet film by Yevgeny Teterin” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13988396. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1959.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mumu (1959 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.