Flying Padre
Flying Padre

Flying Padre

March 23, 1951 | 9 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Bob Hite

Naomi Scott

Fred Stadtmueller

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