The Sprinkler Sprinkled

France, 1895

Film

Source: Some information on this page may have been sourced as part of the 2023 Wikimedia Australia Partnership Projects grant, with the purpose of improving and expanding the use of Wikidata on our website. Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. Read more about this project here.

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener’s face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the original, filmed by Louis Lumière.

How are these works connected?

Explore this constellation

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Louis Lumière

producer

Auguste Lumière

Louis Lumière

production company

Lumière

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont

Duration

01:00

Production places
France
Production dates
1895

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-82120

Language

French

Subject category

Comedy

TMDB-Movie

82120

Wikidata

Q1198333

Collected

4 times

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/125567--the-sprinkler-sprinkled/ |title=The Sprinkler Sprinkled |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=3 September 2026 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}