Aleksandr Susnin

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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The life of the intellectual Samgin, depicted against the backdrop of the grand panorama of Russian life from 1877 to 1917.

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One of the days in a life of a department manager...

A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.

In the Siberian taiga village of Wolf's Burrows, the Strogov family lives — Matvey with his wife Anna and his parents. Through the fate of this peasant family, a picture of the life of the Siberian region during major historical events — the Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War is outlined.

A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to deal with all the consequences.

The main character is a talented, but timid writer of the Filippok experiencing with his country the difficult years of revolution, devastation and war. Adversity helps him overcome the unrequited and faithful love for the widow of Commissioner Zinochka, who bossily manages his career, not hesitating to start novels with other men. Filippok will describe the story of his life in a book that at the end of days will be presented by a terminally ill, but still dearly beloved wife, with gratitude for the experience.

The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge - and the new housing that will come with it - with the reality of resistance from the townspeople and her own grief.

Jack Vosmyorkin, young American with Russian origins decides to return to Russia in order to watch October Revolution in action.

The true story of the Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov, who, behind enemy lines in Ukraine, infiltrated Hitler's headquarters, kidnapped the commander of the punitive troops and executed the imperial adviser.

The film is based on real events and tells about a major accident that occurred during the construction of another Leningrad metro station in the spring of 1974.

The film tells the story of the life of an Old Believer community at the beginning of the last century. The drama of an unusual life, a story of love and human passions.

Agronomist Valya Chernysheva fell in love with the new chief agronomist of the MTS Savitsky, a widower with two small daughters. During the illness of one of the daughters, whom Valya was nursing, he realized that she had become a close person for him. But the girl left to work in another distant collective farm.

Village children organize a patrol to fight a poachers destroying fish in local lakes.

Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24.

The heroes of the cheerful story, consisting as it were of three novellas, dentist Lenochka, lecturer Gudoshnikov and projectionist Sasha sail on a small boat on the northern river Yuve past beautiful places and taiga settlements, where they stop and get acquainted with the locals - kind, cheerful and soulful.

Three kids from a coastal village in the Far North discover an old rifle in a cave. They learn about a national hero Guriy Gagarka and organize an expedition to gather more info on him.

From Moscow senior lieutenant Lunin comes to serve at the border post. The hero is actively involved in the life of the outpost. Meanwhile, on the other side of the border, the Ismail-gang gang is intensifying its actions ...