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 20 episodes
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Episode 4
Episode 4
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Directed by Leonid MaryaginWritten by Valentina LadyginaGuest stars Igor Yasulovich, Yuri Volyntsev, Viktor Baykov, Raisa Kurkina, Sergei Golovanov
Episode 10
Episode 10
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Aleksandr KurlyandskiyGuest stars Georgi Millyar, Yuriy Chernov
Episode 14
Episode 14
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Directed by Aleksandr GordonWritten by Aleksandr Matyshkin-GerkeGuest stars Boris Novikov, Yuri Volyntsev
Episode 17
Episode 17
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Directed by Andrey SmirnovGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Valeriy Nosik
Episode 19
Episode 19
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Directed by Aleksandr PankratovGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Pavel Citrinel, Pyotr Shcherbakov
Episode 21
Episode 21
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Directed by Leonid GaidaiWritten by Vladimir PankovGuest stars Leonid Kuravlyov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Yelena Valayeva
Episode 24
Episode 24
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Directed by Ivan KiasashviliWritten by Vladimir SviridovGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Gennadiy Yalovich, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Boris Gitin, Viktoriya Lepko, Aleksandr Pyatkov, Natalya Markina
Episode 38
Episode 38
Episode credits
Directed by Karen ShakhnazarovWritten by Vladimir SviridovGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Gennadiy Yalovich, Tatyana Ukharova
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