Flying Padre

Name: Flying Padre
Released: 1951-03-23
Duration: 9 min
Cast: Bob Hite, Fred Stadtmueller

5.119510h 9mmovie

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, m...