Boris Kotov

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".

The trials and tribulations of putting a feature film together.

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The capricious princess mocks the grooms invited by her father, allowing her jester to humiliate their appearance. Angered by the behavior of his daughter, the king orders her to be married off to the first beggar who entered the city. By chance, the "beggar" turns out to be one of the knights rejected by the capricious woman - the prince, who teaches the princess a harsh lesson that changed her attitude towards life.

The story of the titan Prometheus, who stole fire from Olympus for people and was severely punished for this by Zeus: Prometheus' friend the blacksmith Hephaestus was forced to chained him to the rock, and every day the eagle that flew from Olympus pecked the recovering liver of Prometheus. But the agony of Prometheus was not in vain - people preserved his sacred gift.

This film tells about the discovery achieved at the intersection of many sciences: cybernetics, astrophysics, telepathy and veterinary medicine. Soviet scientists made a sensational invention - the device "TV-1" (a transistor of time) was designed. Trial samples were disguised in household items: they were equipped with beads, a flower and a cane. The owners of experimental devices were random people.

The cunning king Polidekt of the island of Serif sends the young hero Perseus to get the head of Gorgon Medusa, whose gaze turns people to stone. He is accompanied by the god of commerce and profits and the patron of thieves and athletes, Hermes, who pursues his personal interests. Perseus gets the head of Medusa, but uses it to save Andromeda, the daughter of King Kef.

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A poor old couple adopts a tiny boy who helps them with farming and housekeeping. One day a greedy nobleman passes by, and so the boy decides to make some easy money for his new parents.

A story about children showing Father Frost butterflies, green grass, in short, Summer.

Following the death of their miller father, his eldest son inherits the mill, the middle one a donkey, and the youngest a cat. While initially disappointed, the lad soon learns not only that the cat can talk but is quite resourceful.

The peasant sends his sons in search of rejuvenating apples. The eldest sons go to a tavern, and the youngest, with the help of a Gray Wolf, gets apples for his father and marries a beautiful Blue-eyed woman.

Adaptation of the epic "Tale about the beautiful Vassilissa Mikulishna". As Vassilissa with her intelligence and cunning freed her husband from prison.

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A satire on human nature projected on mushrooms and peas, based on a Russian fairy tale.

After watching the show "In the World of Animals", the king of beasts feels sorry for the weakest animal, the bunny, and decides to send a gift by mail "for the weakest". Once word gets out, every beast is keen to appear worthy of receiving the package.

The adventures of Russian souvenirs on the eve of the opening of the 1980 Olympics. The main character of the film is Misha the mascot who greets the guests of the Olympics together with his souvenir friends.

The story about an everyman who one morning suddenly leaps out on the courtyard and bludgeons two conversing housewives to death with a frying pan.

Paralyzed Ilya Muromets receives heroic strength.

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