Flying Padre
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- Documentary
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.
Keywords
- funeral
- new mexico
- pilot
- black and white
- priest
- short film
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 23, 1951
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Producer
- Burton Benjamin
- Cinematography
- Stanley Kubrick
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0043548