Flying Padre

About Flying Padre

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.

Flying Padre (1951) is a documentary film directed by Stanley Kubrick. It runs 9 minutes and was released in March 1951.

Bob Hite takes the lead as Narrator (voice), and Fred Stadtmueller as Self.

Members will find priest, funeral, pilot, and new mexico in it.

A Trip to the Moon, Paperman, and First Reformed make useful companions to Flying Padre, all filed under black and white and short film. It scores 5.1 out of 10 from 148 TMDB voters and it carries a G rating.