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 5 episodes
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Episode 4
Episode 4
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by German DrobizGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Pavel Pavlenko, Lidiya Korolyova
Episode 16
Episode 16
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Directed by Aleksey SakharovWritten by Arkadi ArkanovGuest stars Olga Aroseva, Savely Kramarov, Aleksei Smirnov, Yevgeni Vesnik, Georgiy Vitsin, Ivan Lyubeznov, Leonid Kanevsky, Margarita Zharova
Episode 18
Episode 18
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Directed by Mikhail GrigoryevWritten by Sergey Mikhalkov
Episode 19
Episode 19
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Directed by Mikhail GrigoryevWritten by Stefania GrodzieńskaGuest stars Vladimir Koretsky, Aleksandr Pelevin
Episode 20
Episode 20
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Guest stars Vladimir Koretsky, Aleksandr Pelevin
Episode 24
Episode 24
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Boris LobkovGuest stars Georgi Millyar, Varvara Popova, Aleksandr Baranov, Natalya Gitserot, Sergei Tseits, Nikolay Gorlov
Episode 26
Episode 26
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Guest stars Tatyana Pelttser, Vitaliy Doroshenko
Episode 29
Episode 29
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Guest stars Aleksei Smirnov, Nonna Koperzhynska
Episode 31
Episode 31
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Directed by Genrikh GabayWritten by German DrobizGuest stars Georgi Georgiu, Nadezhda Samsonova, Tatyana Gavrilova, Stanislav Chekan, Alyosha Yefremov
Episode 34
Episode 34
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Leonid LenchGuest stars Georgi Millyar, Yekaterina Mazurova, Vera Altayskaya, Yakov Belenkiy
Episode 40
Episode 40
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak Magiton
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