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 21 episodes
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Episode 7
Episode 7
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Directed by Vladimir MenshovWritten by Leonid FulshtinskiyGuest stars Gennadiy Yalovich, Igor Kashintsev, Boris Gitin, Nikolai Skorobogatov, Boris Smorchkov, Aleksey Borzunov, Aleksandr Fatyushin, Dmitri Popov
Episode 12
Episode 12
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Directed by Boris YashinGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Olga Bogdanova
Episode 13
Episode 13
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Directed by Dimitri FedorovskyWritten by V. Latyshev
Episode 14
Episode 14
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Directed by Ivan KiasashviliWritten by Mikhail LipskerovGuest stars Boris Novikov, Aleksandr Konyashin, Nikolai Skorobogatov
Episode 16
Episode 16
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Directed by Vladimir ShamshurinWritten by Vladimir Shamshurin, Yuriy EkonomtsevGuest stars Viktor Filippov, Roman Filippov, Misha Shepilov
Episode 21
Episode 21
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Aleksandr Kurlyandskiy, Isaak MagitonGuest stars Pyotr Shcherbakov, Olga Markina, Valentin Bryleev, Tatyana Bozhok
Episode 28
Episode 28
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Directed by Boris YashinWritten by A. Lepko, O. VaynshtokGuest stars Yuri Volyntsev, Oleg Astafyev
Episode 30
Episode 30
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Directed by Dimitri FedorovskyWritten by Anatoliy Taraskin, Dmitriy Gorbuntsov
Episode 31
Episode 31
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Directed by Vladimir ShamshurinWritten by Vladimir PankovGuest stars Viktor Pavlov, Boris Ivanov, Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Episode 34
Episode 34
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Directed by Vladimir MenshovWritten by Vladimir Menshov, Boris Shapiro-Tulin, G. PodolskiyGuest stars Aleksandr Shirvindt, Viktoriya Lepko, Evgeniy Steblov, Vladimir Makhov
Episode 36
Episode 36
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Directed by Ivan KiasashviliWritten by Mark RozovskyGuest stars Igor Yasulovich, Viktor Filippov, Anatoliy Barantsev, Nikolai Skorobogatov
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