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Flying Padre (1951)

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1951 · 9 min · Documentary

Flying Padre (1951) is a documentary film with a runtime of 9 minutes. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.5 from 6K votes, alongside a TMDB score of 5.1. Compare its IMDb, TMDB and community ratings below to see how Flying Padre scores across every source.

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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.