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«Fuse» is a satirical feature film magazine produced by various feature film studios in the USSR from 1962 to 1991 and the CIS from 1992 to 2003. The magazine's issues consisted of different stories: fiction, documentaries (the characters were re-voiced), and cartoons.

This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.

A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.

A canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all.

A cat burglar is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.

In order to defeat the wicked Grand Duke of Owls, a young boy, transformed into a cat, teams up with a group of barnyard animals to find the rooster who can raise the sun.

A young department store intern falls in love with a female store mannequin who is really a peasant girl fallen under a thousand year spell. She comes to life whenever he removes the cursed necklace from her.

After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.

The events of the film take place on the eve of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The son of a high-ranking military man is sent to the paratrooper unit, commanded by Major Bandura.

A dance instructor brings his dance troupe to Russia for training. What his dancers don't know, however, is that he has a dual personality, and his hidden personality is a serial killer.

A caretaker encounters Anton Chekov and spends a lonely night and day in his company.

The journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great of Russia. It is based on a book of the same name by Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue.

1941. Captain Vasily Bragin enjoys a vacation and goes to Leningrad to pick up his family.

To fight mafia, a biologist and a programmer create a superman robot. An unexpected amendment to the calculations of one of the creators is made by erotic fantasies: superman turned out to be an exact copy of a photo model from a poster.

Private detective Sam Patrick investigates the mystery of disappeared jewel-box in house of Garry Shtemmer. Trail of murders makes this case more and more embarrassed.

The action is set in 1970 as the Soviet Union (and the entire progressive world) are preparing to celebrate Lenin's centenary. Not to be outdone, the camp commander decides to have the prisoners put on a play about Lenin's life. However, the ensuing preparations turn everything upside down and seem to offer a God-given chance to plot an escape.

1918, Petrograd. The young historian Vladimir meets Olga, the daughter of the wealthy parents who have emigrated from the country after the first decrees of the Soviet power. Olga both hates revolution, and is fascinated by her.

The film's protagonist, Vanya Mukhin, faces a mafia that is trying to take over the city's utilities.

"The Last Tarantella" is a television film-ballet directed by Aleksandr Belinsky and choreographer Oleg Ignatiev, based on the story of Maxim Gorky about Nuncha from the "Tales of Italy", filmed in 1992 at the Lenfilm studio. The St. Jacob Square is justly proud of its fountain, at which the vegetable vendor, Nuncha, danced - the first recognized beauty and the happiest person in the world. Nuncha's husband, Stefano, out of jealousy, started a fight in the square and died from a rival's knife. At twenty-three, Nuncha was left a widow with a five-year-old daughter in her arms. She had a lot of admirers. Once she left for Sicily with a forester from England. After returning, she again began to live among her own people, as always cheerful and enjoying life. For ten years Nuncha shone like a star, until her grown-up daughter, Nina, began to overshadow her beauty. Woodcutter, Enrico Borbone, who came from Australia, began to look after both Nuncha and Nina. The rivalry between mother and daughter developed into a dance marathon, which the mother won. Nina, broken and offended by the failure, fell on the steps of the porch. Not allowing herself to rest, Nuncha again wished to dance the tarantella, and in the midst of the dance, she suddenly died of a heart attack. Compared to Gorky's story, the plot is modified: Stefano, Nuncha's husband, is not sent to prison for a fight, but dies, and Nuncha remains a widow. The fisherman, Arthur Lano, who was originally in the script, was not needed when the director gave up the dialogue. Corps de ballet of Mariinsky theatre took part in a film.

Lonely, vulnerable and unsettled man meets a beautiful Romani girl and falls in love. He quits job, leaves home and joins Romani camp, but doesn't find nothing but pity there, remaining "gadje" - a stranger.