Aleksandr Lipov

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 miniseries is based on documentary material about the actions of Soviet intelligence in Tallinn occupied by the Nazis.

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.

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"Iskra" is the codename for the plan of the operation of the Soviet troops to break the blockade of Leningrad. In January 1943, the blockade of Leningrad was broken. A corridor 8-11 km wide was formed between Lake Ladoga and the front line.

A story about Pashka, a really decent, honest guy, even though he lies a lot, who is looking for happiness and love.

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Three boys are helping Soviet Intelligence to catch German spies during WWII.

The plot is based on the defense of Petrograd from Yudenich's troops in 1919.

A touching story about a teenager who dreams of growing up as soon as possible and discovering unknown islands. In the meantime, having scored another two and being offended by his father for the breakdown of an elegant sailboat made with his own hands, he runs away from home, wherever his eyes look - suddenly along the way he will come across an island that has not yet been discovered by anyone. And by doing so, he raises the police, the school, relatives and friends to their feet...

After the Bolshevik coup Alexei Tolmachev comes to enter the university. However, he becomes a chekist and receives his first assignment - to establish a connection with the Odesa conspirators and to gather the atamans in the city to finish off the bandits in one go...

The career path of Sergei Omarov, a young engineer and graduate of a mining institute, does not start easily. But with the help of his worker friends, he not only becomes a skilled craftsman, but also rises to the position of head of Vzryvprom.

The film takes place during one day of operation of a railway line, the capacity of which is lower than necessary. A disaster occurs: a passenger train crashes into a tank train, the driver's assistant is killed, and traffic on the section is delayed. The film explores the patterns that led to the accident.

A story about the tragic events in the life of besieged Leningrad from September 1941 to January 1943.

Five Red Army soldiers, who found themselves in the rear of the Kolchak troops, captured an enemy armored car and captured an intelligence officer. From him they learn that soon a steamer with weapons and ammunition for the upcoming white counteroffensive is due to pass along the river. How to stop the ship, capture it, and then transport such a valuable cargo through ambushes and cordons of Kolchak troops entrenched on both sides of the river?..

Film-biography of Waclaw Worowski, a Moscow-born Pole turned Soviet revolutionary extremist.

By chance, two middle-aged people met - the telephone operator of the hotel Lina and the chief engineer of the construction department Kirillov, who had arrived on official business from Leningrad in one of the provincial cities of the country. Behind everyone has setbacks in family life. A sincere feeling that brought two lonely people closer together helped to see those around them in a new way. They are already over forty. Both are lonely. Having met by chance and fell in love with each other, they never became happy.

One day, the elephant—the pride of the zoo—leaves its enclosure and goes for a walk around the city. All attempts by the keepers to bring it back are unsuccessful. Only a five-year-old boy manages to establish contact with the giant animal.

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Young clown Sasha is having trouble performing his act with his donkey Gena. After another failure, he decides to go on a journey with Gena. After traveling across the country, the friends return to their hometown and perform for the audience once again.