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 19 episodes
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Episode 3
Episode 3
Episode credits
Directed by Vladimir FetinWritten by Arkadiy KhaytGuest stars Mikhail Svetin, Lyubov Malinovskaya, Evgeniy Ilovayskiy
Episode 9
Episode 9
Episode credits
Directed by Viktor ZhyvolubWritten by Aleksandr KanevskyGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Ivan Ryzhov, Lyudmila Davydova
Episode 10
Episode 10
Episode credits
Directed by Eduard GavrilovWritten by Aleksandr KurlyandskiyGuest stars Emmanuil Vitorgan, Alla Balter, Zinaida Slavina
Episode 15
Episode 15
Episode credits
Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Mikhail ZhvanetskyGuest stars Igor Kashintsev, Svetlana Kharlap, Boris Gitin
Episode 21
Episode 21
Episode credits
Directed by Vladimir FetinWritten by M. YakovlevGuest stars Aleksandr Demyanenko, Vasili Korzun, Aleksandr Mombeli, Viktor Terekhov
Episode 25
Episode 25
Episode credits
Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by V. BrodovGuest stars Inna Ulyanova, Vadim Zakharchenko
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