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 27 episodes
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Episode 3
Episode 3
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Directed by Ivan KiasashviliWritten by Mikhail MishinGuest stars Zinoviy Gerdt, Tatyana Dogileva
Episode 8
Episode 8
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Directed by Oleg BondarevWritten by Yuriy RichterGuest stars Viktor Pavlov, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Raisa Ryazanova
Episode 10
Episode 10
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak MagitonGuest stars Mikhail Pugovkin, Svetlana Kharlap, Viktor Makhmutov
Episode 17
Episode 17
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Directed by Ivan KiasashviliWritten by Ivan KiasashviliGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Gennadiy Yalovich, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Anatoliy Obukhov
Episode 18
Episode 18
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak MagitonGuest stars Marina Politseymako, Lev Guzhnovskiy
Episode 20
Episode 20
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Directed by Valeri KremnyovWritten by Viktor GeraskinGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Vladimir Zemlyanikin
Episode 23
Episode 23
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Directed by Leonid GaidaiWritten by Isaak MagitonGuest stars Leonid Kuravlyov, Tatyana Bozhok, Galina Semyonova
Episode 28
Episode 28
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Directed by Vitaly KoltsovWritten by Viktor GeraskinGuest stars Viktor Filippov, Yuri Medvedev, Valentin Smirnitskiy, Lyudmila Ivanova
Episode 39
Episode 39
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak MagitonGuest stars Vadim Aleksandrov
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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