Lidiya Polyakova

Svetlana, young pretty girl, works as a trolleybus driver in a small town and almost all her permanent passengers are at least a little bit in love with her.

A story about high school students whose holidays were overshadowed by the outbreak of war. Enrolling in the militia, they not only staunchly assist the Soviet troops in the rear, but are also ready to defend their native city with weapons in their hands.

The action of the picture develops in the troubled 20s of the last century, in the taiga Siberian outback. On the periphery of historical events, the heroes of the film argue about faith. All of them will have to go through trials and find out if their faith is strong or is it just a mask under which they hide their weaknesses? Everyone answers this question in their own way. What are the words of the film characters and beliefs in the face of death? The events of one day and one night divide the life of the heroes into “before” and “after”.

A man cannot find a use for himself in life, he constantly finds himself in funny and silly situations.

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".