Genrikh Gabay

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".

For 49 days, four young soldiers drifted on a barge that was blown out to sea by a storm. Only by the end of the seventh week they were discovered by American pilots.

1918. After the death of the mother, the father decides to take the children to Moscow to see a distant relative. On the way, the guys experience a raid by a White Guard gang on a train, the death of their father, and meet the homeless child Yashka, who brings a plan to Lenin - how to destroy all the bourgeoisie and all the counter-propaganda in one day. The boys become involved in revolutionary events, and ahead is Moscow, a chance meeting and conversation with Lenin and Dzerzhinsky, the fight against counter-revolution...

The modest and indecisive Lebedev in his dreams sees himself as strong and courageous. Mentally, he stands up for an unfairly demoted colleague, but in reality does nothing to help him. Oleg has been following the girl he likes for a whole year and is unable to force himself to get to know her. It is becoming more and more difficult for two Lebedevs to get along in one person ...

Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years. Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era: 'Angel' (Olesha) speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' (Platonov) captures its haunting grotesquery.

. About the struggle against the counterrevolutionary underground in the south of tcountry in the early years of Soviet power. Based on the novel of the same name by Lev Linkov.

A story about difficult and dangerous adventures of a group of seven-graders during their summer camp.

It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Volodya Kozachenko, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes, joins the newly forming Odessa Criminal Police.

12-year-old Sandro, an imaginative, mischievous and philosophical boy, has managed to convince himself and others that he has a gift for finding lost things. His imagination makes the boy's life fun and exciting.