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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 17 episodes
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Episode 5
Episode 5
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Directed by Valeri KremnyovWritten by Grigori GorinGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Yuri Potyomkin, Pavel Citrinel, Sergei Torkachevsky, Anatoliy Kalabulin, Vitaliy Komissarov, Aleksandr Konyashin
Episode 11
Episode 11
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Directed by Ivan KiasashviliWritten by Mikhail UshatsGuest stars Boris Lyoskin, Ernst Romanov
Episode 17
Episode 17
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Directed by Grigoriy AronovWritten by German KlimovGuest stars Ernst Romanov, Aleksey Kozhevnikov
Episode 19
Episode 19
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Directed by Grigoriy AronovWritten by R. Zinin, I. PonomarevaGuest stars Aleksey Kozhevnikov, Anna Lisyanskaya, Lyudmila Staritsyna, Eleonora Aleksandrova, Anatoli Stolbov
Episode 22
Episode 22
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Directed by Eduard GavrilovWritten by Vladimir PankovGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Vladimir Samoylov
Episode 28
Episode 28
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Directed by Venyamin DormanWritten by Leonid FulshtinskiyGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Yuri Volyntsev
Episode 30
Episode 30
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Directed by Boris YashinWritten by Venyamin DormanGuest stars Vladimir Etush, Irina Korablyova, Georgy Zholud
Episode 37
Episode 37
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Directed by Gavriil EgiazarovWritten by Aleksandr KanevskyGuest stars Pavel Vinnik, Viktor Filippov, Tamara Sovchi, Pavel Pankov, Aleksei Pankin
Episode 39
Episode 39
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Directed by Ivan KiasashviliWritten by Semyon LivshinGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Gennadiy Yalovich
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