Episode 1
Episode 1
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Directed by Yakov SegelWritten by Viktor VeselovskiyGuest stars Olga Markina, Boris Gitin
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Fuse
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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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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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Directed by Venyamin DormanWritten by Aleksandr Shargorodsky, Lev ShargorodskyGuest stars Yevgeni Vesnik, Yuri Medvedev
Episode 20
Episode 20
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Directed by Yaropolk LapshinWritten by Mikhail ZhvanetskyGuest stars Yuriy Sarantsev, Valeriy Nosik
Episode 25
Episode 25
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Directed by Boris YashinWritten by Grigori GorinGuest stars Igor Yasulovich, Ivan Ryzhov, Yuri Volyntsev, Viktoriya Lepko
Episode 26
Episode 26
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Directed by Venyamin DormanWritten by Aleksandr KurlyandskiyGuest stars Valeriy Nosik, Vadim Zakharchenko
Episode 29
Episode 29
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Directed by Vitaly KoltsovWritten by Boris LarinGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Viktor Filippov, Nikolai Volkov St., Mariya Vinogradova, Viktor Fokin, Nikolay Pogodin, Yelizaveta Kuzyurina
Episode 34
Episode 34
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Directed by Leonid MaryaginGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Valentin Gaft, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Tatyana Ignatova, Anatoli Golik, Ivan Zhevago
Episode 36
Episode 36
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Directed by Vakhtang BakhtadzeWritten by Valentin Karavaev, Galina Karavaeva
Episode 38
Episode 38
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Directed by Eduard BocharovWritten by Vladimir SviridovGuest stars Natalya Enke, Sergey Bardygin
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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