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Flying Padre

Flying Padre

5,1 /10 (143 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

143

Popularity

0.3

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

9 min

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