Movie Details
Theatrical Release:March 23rd, 1951
Original Language:English
Production Companies:RKO Radio Pictures
Cast & Crew
I
Isaac Kleinerman
Editor
N
Nathaniel Shilkret
Music
B
Burton Benjamin
Producer
H
Harold R. Vivian
Sound Recordist
Flying Padre (1951)
Audience Score
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.
DirectorStanley Kubrick
