Release Date
📅
Original Release
March 23, 1951
0h 9m
Flying Padre (1951)
⭐ 5.19 min
Overview
Stanley Kubrick’s short documentary about Father Fred Stadtmueller, a Catholic priest serving a vast 4,000-square-mile parish in rural New Mexico. To reach his scattered congregation, he pilots his own Piper Cub aircraft, the Spirit of St. Joseph. Over two days, Kubrick follows the “flying padre” as he conducts Mass, mediates between quarreling children, attends a funeral, and airlifts a sick child to medical care—capturing both the challenges and quiet heroism of his daily mission.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 4.3
Cast
👤
Bob Hite
Narrator (voice)
⭐0.1
Fred Stadtmueller
Self
⭐0.0
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
