Flying Padre

Flying Padre

5.1

Mar 23 1951

0h 9m

Documentary

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.

Bob Hite

Bob Hite

Narrator (voice)

Fred Stadtmueller

Fred Stadtmueller

Self