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 28 episodes
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Episode 7
Episode 7
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Directed by Yevgeniy StavrovWritten by Yuriy RichterGuest stars Igor Dmitriev, Viktor Bychkov
Episode 10
Episode 10
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Directed by Aleksandr GordonWritten by Leonid NaumovGuest stars Viktor Pavlov, Inna Ulyanova, Roman Tkachuk, Yuriy Chernov
Episode 13
Episode 13
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Directed by Albert MkrtchyanWritten by Vladimir GrechaninovGuest stars Igor Kashintsev, Evgeniy Lazarev
Episode 16
Episode 16
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak MagitonGuest stars Igor Kashintsev
Episode 23
Episode 23
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Anatoli Trushkin, Lion IzmaylovGuest stars Nikolai Averyushkin, Irina Gubanova, Ivan Voronov, Yuriy Chernov, Viktor Eltsov, Yan Yanakiyev
Episode 24
Episode 24
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Directed by Leonid MaryaginWritten by O. NazarovGuest stars Boris Novikov, Vitaliy Leonov, Sergey Migitsko
Episode 29
Episode 29
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Directed by Aleksandr GordonWritten by Anatoliy TaraskinGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Boryslav Brondukov, Ye. Lutskaya
Episode 33
Episode 33
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Yuriy RichterGuest stars Mariya Skvortsova, Anatoly Kalmykov, Vasiliy Kornukov, Valentin Golubenko, Galina Mukhina
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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