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 13 episodes
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Episode 16
Episode 16
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Directed by Vitaly KoltsovWritten by A. KulichGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Tamara Sovchi
Episode 18
Episode 18
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Directed by Vladimir PopovWritten by Aleksandr Shargorodsky, Lev ShargorodskyGuest stars Boris Novikov, Nikolai Parfyonov
Episode 20
Episode 20
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Directed by Vitaly KoltsovWritten by Vladimir PankovGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Viktor Filippov
Episode 21
Episode 21
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Directed by Vladimir PopovWritten by M. YakovlevGuest stars Pyotr Shcherbakov, Georgiy Kulikov
Episode 27
Episode 27
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Directed by Ivan AksenchukWritten by Andrey VnukovGuest stars Evgeni Leonov
Episode 29
Episode 29
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Directed by Khasan BakayevWritten by Viktor BillevichGuest stars Aleksei Smirnov, Tamara Nosova, Georgiy Vitsin
Episode 30
Episode 30
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Directed by Vladimir BychkovWritten by Danil RudiyGuest stars Valentin Gaft, Zinovi Vysokovsky, Nina Mager
Episode 32
Episode 32
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Directed by Nikita MikhalkovWritten by Aleksandr KurlyandskiyGuest stars Boris Novikov, Andrey Mironov, Lyudmila Antsiferova
Episode 37
Episode 37
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Directed by Vladimir BychkovWritten by Mikhail UshatsGuest stars Tatyana Pelttser, Boris Gitin
Episode 39
Episode 39
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Directed by Nikita MikhalkovWritten by Grigori Gorin, Arkadi ArkanovGuest stars Rolan Bykov, Nina Agapova, Lyusyena Ovchinnikova, Svetlana Kharitonova, Yekaterina Syomochkina, Mikhail Turchenkov, Kirill Tegin
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