«Fuse» was a popular Soviet/Russian satirical/comedy newsreel magazine series shown in cinemas before the start of the main feature. A new issue appeared monthly from from 1962 to 2008 totaling 608 in all. Each short issue contained three segments: a documentary, a fictional, and an animated, directed by different artists. Each of the miniatures exposed the shortcomings of Soviet or Russian life: bureaucrats, careerists, bribe-takers, bourgeoisie, and scammers, managing to turn serious problems into funny ones. Sometimes humorously called "the anecdotes from the Soviet government" in the USSR. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called «Fitilyok», «Little Fuse».
A Soviet spy is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the Western Allies.
The Maski-Show is a comedy television show that starred comedy troupe of eccentric mime clowns from Odesa, Ukraine and aired in various incarnations between 1991 and 2006 in Russia and Ukraine.
The parody series "Sancho from the Ranch" was part of the St. Petersburg television program "Chameleon", curated by the famous director Yuri Mamin. The idea of this parody was that the supposedly Mexican TV series "Sancho from the Ranch" was seen by viewers in two guises at once: on the screen and behind the screen. On the screen there are heartbreaking incidents in sunny Mexico, and off the screen an ordinary Russian family is watching them with excitement – grandmother and grandfather, father and mother, daughter and son. The trick is that they also appear in exotic Mexican roles, and seem to be watching themselves.
Continuation of the author's program (From Forte to Piano) by director Yuri Mamin and composer Alexey Zalivalov.
Russian detectives unwind the ball of the most intricate and cruel crimes. They are consummate professionals, the best cops in town. Even on the most dangerous missions, this quartet never loses their sense of humor. It is it that helps them find the most incredible ways out of any situation. They uphold the law and emerge victorious.
Russian game show based on the original French format of Fort Boyard.
A youth TV novel about school life. The situations that the characters find themselves in are familiar to every teenager, and the problems that the characters are trying to solve are of concern to everyone: how to deal with unrequited love (and is it necessary?), how to resolve a conflict with teachers or classmates, how to find a common language with parents, how to skip a physical education lesson, how, finally, to wipe the two in the diary without consequences for school life.
In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience (and the heroes) endure countless morgues, identifications and other “cute” charms of the investigative routine?
The Potykayev family lives in Moscow in a large house near the Kiev railway station opposite the Foreign Ministry (although the distance between the Foreign Ministry and the Kiev railway station is one kilometer). Its head - Alexander works as a manager in a company that sells computers. The mother does not work because there are three children in the family: a 17-year-old daughter, a 14-year-old son and a 5-year-old Pasha.
Each series is a finished story. The main place of action is the apartment of this family.
A quartet of childhood pals who create a business together find themselves at the core of a powerful Moscow gang in the aftermath of an unplanned murder.
The Idiot is a costume drama TV series produced by Russia TV Channel in 2003, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same title.
The series' script is very close to Dostoevsky's original text, and the series features well-known Russian actors.
Based on the Valentin Pikul's novel "Bayazet".
Andrey Konchalovsky's project "Burden of Power" is about unpopular decisions of heads of state and political figures in power. The heroes of the cycle "Burden of power" can not be called fighters for liberal ideas, but they paradoxically had a huge impact on the fate and development of their countries.