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Flying Padre

Name: Flying Padre
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1951-03-23
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 5.097

★ 5,1 /10 (145 Votes)

1951 EN 9 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.

Release date

23/03/1951

Votes

145

Popularity

1.5