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 8 episodes
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Episode 5
Episode 5
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Directed by Aleksandr GordonWritten by Felix KandelGuest stars Gennadiy Yalovich, Aleksandr Kozubskiy
Episode 7
Episode 7
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Directed by Vyacheslav KotyonochkinWritten by Anatoliy Taraskin, Aleksandr StolbovGuest stars Evgeni Leonov, Georgiy Vitsin
Episode 8
Episode 8
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Directed by Anatoliy BobrovskiyWritten by Semyon KomissarenkoGuest stars Lev Durov, Yevgeni Vesnik, Sergei Tseits, Yevgeni Shutov
Episode 11
Episode 11
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Directed by Elem KlimovGuest stars Evgeni Leonov, Vsevolod Larionov, Leonid Satanovskiy
Episode 14
Episode 14
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Directed by Borys KhranevychGuest stars Andrey Mironov
Episode 16
Episode 16
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Directed by Isaak MagitonWritten by Isaak Magiton, Andrei MaslennikovGuest stars Valentina Ananina, Vera Blagovidova
Episode 17
Episode 17
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Directed by Anatoliy BobrovskiyWritten by Anatoliy TaraskinGuest stars Aleksandr Shirvindt, Yekaterina Mazurova, Tatyana Gavrilova, Leonid Satanovskiy, Aleksei Karpushkin
Episode 19
Episode 19
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Directed by Anatoliy BobrovskiyWritten by Vilyam KozlovGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Viktor Rukhmanov, Raisa Kurkina
Episode 24
Episode 24
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Guest stars Rina Zelyonaya, Valentina Berezutskaya
Episode 26
Episode 26
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Guest stars Mikhail Kononov, Valentina Vladimirova, Sergei Kurilov
Episode 29
Episode 29
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Guest stars Zoya Fyodorova, Viktor Kolpakov, Svetlana Kharitonova, Vitaliy Shapovalov
Episode 31
Episode 31
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Directed by Anatoliy BobrovskiyWritten by Grigori GorinGuest stars Evgeni Leonov
Episode 32
Episode 32
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Directed by Villen AzarovWritten by M. YaroviyGuest stars Viktor Filippov, Alla Budnitskaya, Vera Burlakova, A. Filatov
Episode 40
Episode 40
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Directed by Yaropolk LapshinWritten by Mikhail ZhvanetskyGuest stars Ivan Vlasov, Aleksei Gribov, Vladimir Privaltsev
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