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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 31 episodes
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Episode 12
Episode 12
Episode credits
Directed by Aleksandr GordonWritten by Oleg LevitskiyGuest stars Gennadiy Yalovich, Viktor Bortsov, Boris Smorchkov
Episode 20
Episode 20
Episode credits
Written by Vladimir PankovGuest stars Igor Kosukhin
Episode 26
Episode 26
Episode credits
Directed by Eduard GavrilovWritten by Isaak MagitonGuest stars Igor Kashintsev, Vladimir Kashpur
Episode 29
Episode 29
Episode credits
Directed by Semyon MorozovWritten by Grigori GorinGuest stars Aleksey Krychenkov, Valentin Smirnitskiy, Svetlana Kharitonova, Aleksandr Pashutin, Aleksandr Ryzhkov
Episode 35
Episode 35
Episode credits
Directed by Semyon MorozovWritten by Victor ShenderovichGuest stars Semyon Morozov, Sergei Stepanchenko
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