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".
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Episode 5
Episode 5
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Directed by Yevgeni KarelovWritten by Yevgeni KarelovGuest stars Rolan Bykov, Savely Kramarov, Mikhail Pugovkin
Episode 8
Episode 8
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Directed by Leonid MillionshchikovWritten by Elrad ParkhomovsiyGuest stars Yuri Medvedev, Pavel Tarasov, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Sergey Kulagin
Episode 11
Episode 11
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Directed by Leonid MillionshchikovWritten by Leonid MillionshchikovGuest stars Emmanuil Geller, Aleksandr Khvylia, Zana Zanoni, Yuri Puzyryov, Aleksandra Panova
Episode 13
Episode 13
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Directed by Leonid MillionshchikovGuest stars Gennadiy Yukhtin, Aleksandra Panova
Episode 14
Episode 14
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Guest stars Klavdiya Khabarova, Mikhail Kononov, Varvara Popova, Yuri Chekulayev, Zoya Vasilkova, Nadezhda Samsonova
Episode 15
Episode 15
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Directed by Rolan BykovWritten by A. LevitinGuest stars Olga Aroseva, Rolan Bykov, Aleksei Smirnov, Pavel Vinnik, Klavdiya Khabarova
Episode 17
Episode 17
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Directed by Kleopatra AlperovaGuest stars Mariya Mironova, Margarita Zhigunova, Olga Markina, Lyusyena Ovchinnikova, Aleksandr Menaker
Episode 21
Episode 21
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Directed by Leonid MillionshchikovWritten by V. IlyinGuest stars Valentina Ananina, Viktor Kolpakov, Vladimir Pitsek
Episode 30
Episode 30
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Directed by Villen AzarovWritten by Grigori GorinGuest stars Olga Aroseva, Yevgeni Vesnik
Episode 35
Episode 35
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Guest stars Aleksei Gribov, Vladimir Belokurov
Episode 39
Episode 39
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Guest stars Boris Bibikov, Klavdiya Polovikova, Tatyana Novikova
Episode information updated Sep 22, 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