Anatoliy Papanov

Fuse

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".

Well, Just You Wait!

Follows the comical adventures of a mischievous yet artistic wolf [Volk], trying to catch a hare [Zayats]. The series has additional characters that usually either help the hare or interfere with the wolf's plans

Legends of Cinema

The Twelve Chairs

Set in late-1920s Soviet Union, Ostap Bender and Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov are after a stash of diamonds hidden in one of the chairs in 12-chair set. They are forced to go on a cross-country chase when the chairs are auctioned off.

Sovershenno seryozno

An interesting voyage through the Soviet television and film industry.

Matters of the Heart

A story about lives of an ambulance employees and their relationships.

The Adjutant of His Excellency

Yuri Solomin in the military-adventure film about the fate of red scout Koltsov, who in 1919 was sent with the special sssignments into Denikin's army headquarters, where he became adjutant of the commander. The film not only tells about the operations brilliantly conducted by Koltsov, but also reveals the complex inner world of characters who lived in the controversial and tragic time.

Adventures of Mowgli: The Kidnapping

Episode 2. Mowgli — the adopted son of a wolf family. He grows quickly and learns from his mentors. The rumor that the wolf pack living human child, comes to banderlogs. The monkey tribe, decided to make Mowgli their leader. They steal Mowgli and transfer it into a towns ruins in the jungle.

The Diamond Arm

A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep

The tale follows the romance between a china shepherdess and a china chimney sweep who are threatened by a carved mahogany satyr who wants the shepherdess for his wife.

Blood Ties

Tank crew Officer-member Fedotov on the way from a hospital on visiting home became acquainted with young Sonya, mother of three children. After demobilization went back to her. Happiness of them was short. Sonya became ill and died. Soon her husband arrived after children, but left with a father only junior.

Domestic Circumstances

Multiple love stories are going around the young family, including the newlyweds, parents, and even a grandmother.

Train From Romashkovo

A little train is always late.

The Alive and the Dead

A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man.

Schweik in World War II

Based on the satirical anti-war comedy of the same name by B. Brecht.