Where to watch · United States
Not on any service here yet.
Flying Padre (1951)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Documentary · 9m
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.
Cast
Fred Stadtmueller
Crew
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Director of Photography
- Stanley Kubrick
- Editor
- Isaac Kleinerman
- Producer
- Burton Benjamin
Details
- Release date
- 1951-03-23
- Runtime
- 9m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures