Boris Larin

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 young chambermaid finds a neglected nutcracker under a Christmas tree. It comes to life, but the Nutcracker is really an enchanted prince.

A Soviet cult cartoon, so untypical for a Western viewer, especially, a little one. A boy named Malysh ("A Little One") suffers from solitude being the youngest of the three children in a Swedish family. The acute sense of solitude makes him desperately want a dog, but before he gets one, he "invents" a friend - the very Karlson who lives upon the roof. So typical for the Russian culture spirit of mischief, which is, actually, never punished, and the notion that relative welfare not necessarily means happiness made the book by Astrid Lindgren and its TV adaptations tremendously popular in the Soviet Union and nowadays Russia and vice versa - somewhat alienated to the Western reader and viewer (see User's comments below). However, both the book and the cartoon are truly universal - entertaining and funny for the children and thought-provoking and somewhat sad for grownups.

A Soviet cartoon adaptation of a classic Swedish tale by Astrid Lindgren about Karlsson-on-the-Roof.

Soviet animation from Vladimir Tarasov.

The hero of the film, a Komsomol member of a large youth construction site, decides whether it is possible to sacrifice people's lives in the name of a great goal.

At school for devils, the theme of the lesson is "Love". Whom should the devil still love? Imp No. 13 has his own answer, which does not correspond to the school curriculum in any way.

Ivan Czarevich is led by his servant to the castle of Kashchey to rescue the beautiful czarevna. But a lazy and silly knight could hardly be the real hero of this fairy tale.

Three friends are bored in eighth grade but everything changes after a new teacher arrives to the class.

A young man falls in love with a young woman from the next window. A wordless fantasy inspired by Sergei Prokofiev's Visions fugitives, Op. 22.

The Kid didn't have to miss Carlson for long - one day he landed in his room again. This means that there will be new adventures and pranks! With Carlson's help, the harsh and bossy Freken Bock will be re-educated and become very kind. And then the friends will all put on a costume show with dancing and drink tea with buns.

How Alyosha rehabilitated a rude man.

Short Soviet puppet animation based on Gogol's novel Dead Souls.

An animated satire in three parts from three animators.

About saving electricity.

A satirical cartoon about electricity wasters.

Based on Vladimir Mayakovsky's works about the Great October Revolution.