Leonid Makarychev

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".

A drama based on the daily life of a hospital and its doctors.

In 1922, in a small town, the boys formed a pioneer squad and named it "Red Bees."

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

Funny adventures of two friends in a summer camp.

In the small town of Krutovo, three friends live — Mitrya, Andrian and Lenka. From the director of the Museum of local lore, the children learn about the theft of the portrait "The Old Man with a Candle" from the museum collection of Prince Meshchersky. The valuable painting is somewhere in the city. The guys are starting the search...

The action of the film takes place in a provincial town in pre-revolutionary Russia. Two friends, Semka and Alyosha, decide to run away to America. The owner of the pawnshop, where the guys bring a white fluffy cat, not only accepts the amazing pledge but also helps the boys figure out their lives...

A circus arrives in a provincial town. Without any malicious intent, the local kids steal a trained bear named Gavrila from the circus to set him free...

The war caught Pavlik and his mother far from Leningrad, where they lived. Soon they found themselves in the territory occupied by the Nazis. When his mother was arrested on the traitor's denunciation, Pavlik went on foot to Leningrad. The partisan scout Savely brought the boy to his house, and two winters later Pavel, having matured, became a soldier and returned to Leningrad with a partisan supply train.

A telefilm about how a common cause and a dream helped classmates living by the sea find friendship...

Two stories about the life of a young boxer Sasha and his friends in Leningrad during a first years after WWII.

A guest from the Caucasus is running late for his flight. Desperate to "catch" a taxi, he asks a private driver to take him to the airport. The driver speeds, breaking all conceivable traffic rules, and ultimately gets into an accident.