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 9 episodes
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Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode credits
Directed by Anatoliy BobrovskiyWritten by Anatoliy TaraskinGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Dmitriy Masanov, German Kachin, Yuri Martynov
Episode 10
Episode 10
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Directed by V. SergeyevWritten by Andrey VnukovGuest stars Georgiy Drozd, Andrii Ivanchenko, Dmitriy Ponomarenko, Vladimir Lapin
Episode 12
Episode 12
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Directed by Nikita MikhalkovWritten by Grigori Gorin, Arkadi ArkanovGuest stars Lev Durov, Nikolai Parfyonov, Iya Savvina, Evgeniy Steblov, Yuri Medvedev
Episode 13
Episode 13
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Directed by Mark OsepyanWritten by Felix KandelGuest stars Mikhail Pugovkin, Boris Gitin
Episode 16
Episode 16
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Directed by Aleksey SakharovWritten by Ilya SuslovGuest stars Yevgeni Shutov, Vladimir Etush
Episode 31
Episode 31
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Directed by Georgiy DaneliyaWritten by Aleksandr Kurlyandskiy, Arkadiy KhaytGuest stars Nikolai Parfyonov, Dmitriy Masanov
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