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 3 episodes
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Episode 8
Episode 8
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Guest stars Vyacheslav Gostinsky, Izolda Izvitskaya
Episode 16
Episode 16
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Directed by Aleksandr MittaWritten by V. PolonskiyGuest stars Mariya Vinogradova
Episode 17
Episode 17
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Directed by Yevgeni KarelovWritten by Yevgeni KarelovGuest stars Valentina Ananina, Vladimir Zemlyanikin, Vasiliy Bychkov, Georgi Georgiu, Emmanuil Geller, Zoya Fyodorova, Marina Karelova
Episode 19
Episode 19
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak Magiton
Episode 21
Episode 21
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Directed by Stanislav TretyakovWritten by Stanislav Tretyakov
Episode 22
Episode 22
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Guest stars Faina Ranevskaya, Ludmila Genika-Chirkova
Episode 23
Episode 23
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Directed by Vladimir NazarovWritten by Leonid GershGuest stars Vladimir Gorelov, Leonid Chubarov
Episode 25
Episode 25
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Directed by Igor IlyinskyWritten by Sergey MikhalkovGuest stars Igor Ilyinsky
Episode 27
Episode 27
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Directed by Yevgeni KarelovWritten by Yevgeni KarelovGuest stars Boris Novikov, Vera Orlova, Aleksandra Danilova, Boris Bityukov, Mikhail Semenikhin
Episode 28
Episode 28
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Guest stars Yekaterina Mazurova, Nina Agapova, Eduard Bredun, Georgi Svetlani
Episode 32
Episode 32
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Directed by Ihor SamborskyiGuest stars Viktor Khalatov
Episode 37
Episode 37
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Guest stars Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya, Nikita Mikhalkov
Episode 43
Episode 43
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Directed by Aleksey SakharovWritten by V. VikentyevGuest stars Rolan Bykov, Lev Durov, Gennadiy Sergeev
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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