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 25 episodes
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Episode 8
Episode 8
Episode credits
Directed by Vitaly KoltsovWritten by Viktor GeraskinGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Viktor Sergachyov, Lyudmila Ivanova
Episode 13
Episode 13
Episode credits
Directed by Leonid MaryaginWritten by L. ZingerGuest stars Leonid Kanevsky, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Sergei Priselkov, I. Chernichenko
Episode 16
Episode 16
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak MagitonGuest stars Semyon Farada, Vadim Zakharchenko, Svetlana Kharlap, Irina Gubanova, Sergey Nikolaev, Aleksandr Kirillov
Episode 23
Episode 23
Episode credits
Directed by Leonid GaidaiWritten by Anatoli TrushkinGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Viktor Filippov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Mikhail Kokshenov
Episode 26
Episode 26
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Directed by Levan EristaviWritten by Grigori GorinGuest stars Lado Meqvabishvili, David Tsintsidze
Episode 33
Episode 33
Episode credits
Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak MagitonGuest stars Yuri Chekulayev, Irina Gubanova, Gennadi Frolov, Gennadiy Khrapunkov, Anatoliy Barantsev, Mariya Skvortsova, Vadim Aleksandrov
Episode 36
Episode 36
Episode credits
Directed by Leonid GaidaiWritten by Viktor GeraskinGuest stars Viktor Filippov, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Yuriy Kuzmenkov, Anatoli Yabbarov
Episode information updated Sep 21, 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