Episode 1
Episode 1
5m10.0 / 10
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Directed by Igor Ilyinsky, Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, Andrei TutyshkinWritten by Sergey MikhalkovGuest stars Igor Ilyinsky, Olga Viklandt
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Fuse
196247 seasons7.6 / 10
Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
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Synopsis
Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
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Episode 5
Episode 5
4m
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Guest stars Yukhym Berezin, Yurii Tymoshenko, Yuliya Pashkovskaya
Episode 12
Episode 12
2m
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Directed by Isaak Magiton, Lev KulidzhanovWritten by Sergey Mikhalkov, Aleksandr PtushkoGuest stars Georgi Millyar, Vera Orlova, Boris Sitko
Episode 14
Episode 14
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Guest stars Vladimir Lepko, Yuriy Nikulin, Konstantin Nazarenko
Episode 18
Episode 18
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Directed by Ilya GurinGuest stars Yuriy Sarantsev, Igor Bezyaev
Episode 20
Episode 20
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Directed by Isaak Magiton, Lev KulidzhanovWritten by Isaak Magiton, Lev KulidzhanovGuest stars Lev Durov, Tatyana Bogdanova, Lidiya Genel-Ablova, Vyacheslav Gostinsky
Episode 22
Episode 22
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Directed by Yan EbnerWritten by Yan Ebner, Viktor VeselovskiyGuest stars Viktor Khokhryakov
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Cast
Olga Aroseva
Georgi Burkov
Rolan Bykov
Lev Durov
Georgi Millyar
Boris Novikov
Nikolai Parfyonov
Mikhail PugovkinCredits
- Created by
- Sergey Mikhalkov
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 2,201
- Original language
- Russian
- Original title
- Фитиль
Networks & production
Russia-1Russia
Central Television USSRRussia
NTVRussia
TV-6Russia
Gorky Film StudiosRussia
MosfilmRussia
Themes
satirical