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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".
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Episode 2
Episode 2
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Directed by Ihor Samborskyi, Yuriy FokinWritten by Vladimir LifshitsGuest stars Tatyana Pelttser, Gennadiy Yalovich, Mikhail Sidorkin, Margarita Krinitsyna
Episode 4
Episode 4
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Directed by Oļģerts DunkersWritten by Vasil TsonevGuest stars Aleksejs Mihailovs, Rudolf Dambran, Karlis Sebris
Episode 8
Episode 8
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Directed by Aleksey SakharovWritten by Janusz OsękaGuest stars Zinovi Vysokovsky, Rudolf Rudin
Episode 11
Episode 11
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Directed by Aleksandr MittaGuest stars Viktor Filippov
Episode 12
Episode 12
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Directed by Aleksandr SeryWritten by Georgiy DaneliyaGuest stars Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina, Georgi Svetlani, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Muza Krepkogorskaya, Natalya Minaeva
Episode 14
Episode 14
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Directed by Tsezar Orshanskyi, Ipolyt LazarchukWritten by Viktor SlavkinGuest stars Andrey Mironov
Episode 17
Episode 17
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Anatoliy TaraskinGuest stars Aleksandr Kozubskiy, Semyon Safonov
Episode 19
Episode 19
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Directed by Tamara LisitsianGuest stars Olga Aroseva, Evgeni Leonov, Valentina Ananina
Episode 22
Episode 22
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Directed by Anatoliy BobrovskiyWritten by Anatoliy TaraskinGuest stars Lev Durov, Nikolai Parfyonov, Igor Yasulovich, Viktor Bortsov
Episode 25
Episode 25
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Directed by Marijonas GiedrysWritten by Aleksandr Kurlyandskiy, Arkadiy KhaytGuest stars Vera Zemskaya, Juozas Rigertas
Episode 27
Episode 27
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Directed by Elem KlimovGuest stars Viktor Bortsov, Nikolai Yudin
Episode 30
Episode 30
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Directed by Elem KlimovGuest stars Aleksandr Shirvindt, Lyubov Korneva
Episode 31
Episode 31
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Guest stars Valentin Smirnitskiy, Natalya Zorina
Episode 33
Episode 33
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by German DrobizGuest stars Georgi Millyar, Yuri Chekulayev, Aleksandr Lebedev
Episode 36
Episode 36
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Guest stars Pavel Kormunin, Svetlana Nekipelova
Episode 37
Episode 37
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Directed by Boris RomanovWritten by Leonid LenchGuest stars Georgi Burkov, Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina
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