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 32 episodes
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Episode 3
Episode 3
Episode credits
Directed by Valeri KremnyovWritten by Victor ShenderovichGuest stars Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Yuriy Shlykov
Episode 10
Episode 10
Episode credits
Directed by Aleksandr KosarevWritten by Anatoliy TaraskinGuest stars Igor Yasulovich, Mikhail Kokshenov, Roma Baryshev
Episode 11
Episode 11
Episode credits
Directed by Aleksandr KosarevGuest stars Aleksandr Kosarev
Episode 18
Episode 18
Episode credits
Directed by Albert MkrtchyanWritten by G. TverskoyGuest stars Pavel Vinnik, Valeriy Nosik, Nikolai Averyushkin, Semyon Farada, Aleksandr Pyatkov, Anatoliy Obukhov, Aleksandr Karpov
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