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- BFI identifier57645
- Date1897 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisIn front of a windmill, a miller with a bag of flour accidentally bumps into a sweep carrying a bag of soot. The result is a fight in which the miller becomes covered with soot and the sweep with flour; both are chased by a crowd of on-lookers. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThis is the first version of the same film made by George Albert Smith in 1897. A third film, with the same title but a different plot, was also made in 1898 by R.W. Paul.
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Title
The Miller and the Sweep (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/B936-EFD3-8532-B177-4F35-NCategory
Fiction- Collections
- StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-io8
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- The Miller and the Sweep
Work - 57645 - 1897 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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