TV series
Fuse
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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Fuse premiered June 4, 1962. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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".
Season 11 episodes
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Episode 3
Episode 3
Episode credits
Directed by Albert MkrtchyanWritten by Felix KandelGuest stars Arina Aleynikova, German Kachin, S. Telegin, V. Shakhovtsev
Episode 5
Episode 5
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Directed by Yevgeni KarelovWritten by M. YaroviyGuest stars Boris Novikov, Leonid Kanevsky, Viktor Markin
Episode 7
Episode 7
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak MagitonGuest stars Dima Banshchikov, Yakov Belenkiy, Vyacheslav Gostinsky, Margarita Zharova, Yakov Lents, Iya Marks
Episode 8
Episode 8
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Directed by Albert MkrtchyanWritten by German Drobiz, Boris LobkovGuest stars Olga Aroseva, Boris Novikov, Boris Runge, Leonid Yelinson
Episode 11
Episode 11
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by M. YakovlevGuest stars Valentin Bryleev
Episode 16
Episode 16
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Directed by Yevgeni KarelovWritten by Vitaliy AleninGuest stars Rolan Bykov, Aleksandra Denisova, Zoya Vasilkova, Georgi Tusuzov, Vladimir Pitsek
Episode 23
Episode 23
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Directed by Valeriy KarenWritten by Valeriy KarenGuest stars Mikhail Pugovkin, Georgiy Vitsin
Episode 25
Episode 25
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Directed by Yuri ChulyukinWritten by Eduard UspenskyGuest stars Pavel Vinnik, Leonid Kanevsky, Georgi Tusuzov, Leonid Satanovskiy
Episode 29
Episode 29
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Directed by Yuri ChulyukinWritten by M. Yaroviy, Andrey VnukovGuest stars Boris Novikov
Episode 31
Episode 31
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Directed by Elem KlimovWritten by Mikhail ZhvanetskyGuest stars Evgeniy Evstigneev, A. Smirnov
Episode 32
Episode 32
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Directed by Igor Podgorskiy, Roman KachanovWritten by Aleksandr Stolbov
Episode 34
Episode 34
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Directed by Nikita MikhalkovWritten by Sergei Bodrov, Yu. MartynovGuest stars Viktor Pavlov, Viktor Filippov, Vyacheslav Gostinsky, Aleksandra Denisova, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Alla Larionova, Alevtina Rumyantseva, Yakov Lents
Episode information updated Sep 22, 2026
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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