Flying Padre

Name: Flying Padre
Genre: Documentary
Released: 23 Mar 1951
Rating: 5.07
Cast: Bob Hite, Fred Stadtmueller

1951-03-23 United States of America 9 minutes.

5.07 138 votes

Documentary funeral new mexico pilot priest black and white short film

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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.

Year 1951

Studio RKO Radio Pictures

Director Stanley Kubrick

Crew Stanley Kubrick (Director), Isaac Kleinerman (Editor), Nathaniel Shilkret (Music), Burton Benjamin (Producer), Harold R. Vivian (Sound Recordist), Stanley Kubrick (Director of Photography)

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Language English