When Chris Nicola traveled to the Ukraine, it was to understand his own family's history and explore caves. Not only did he inexplicably discover everyday objects such as buttons and shoes in a remote cave, but he also unearthed a rumor of a group of Jews who lived in a cave. These discoveries led to an incredible Holocaust survival story of how 38 people lived underground for a year and a half -- the longest recorded sustained underground survival -- to escape the death camps. Nicola confirmed the story by locating 14 of the original cave inhabitants.
The experiences of these Ukrainian Jews is captured in the documentary No Place on Earth -- which opens in Austin tomorrow at Regal Arbor -- by longtime television producer Janet Tobias in her film directorial debut. The survivors are now in their eighties and nineties, but they were quite young when they took refuge in the cave.
The experiences of these Ukrainian Jews is captured in the documentary No Place on Earth -- which opens in Austin tomorrow at Regal Arbor -- by longtime television producer Janet Tobias in her film directorial debut. The survivors are now in their eighties and nineties, but they were quite young when they took refuge in the cave.
- 5/2/2013
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Chicago – The human face of the Holocaust – the Jewish genocide by Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party – has been reflected through many incredible accounts of horror and survival. A new film focuses on another amazing story, set in a cave in the Ukraine, where five Jewish families hid underground from German soldiers in 1942. The survivors give their witness in “No Place on Earth.”
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The story of these survivors – children and teenagers then, old men and women now – adds another chapter of inhumanity to the desperate times of the Holocaust era. Through the accounts of the participants, and the precise re-creation of the events by director Janet Tobias, this unusual scenario comes to life from a faraway time, in a faraway land. And beyond the event itself, it is about the gutsy discovery of a cave explorer and his curiosity, the initial telling of the tale in National Geographic magazine,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The story of these survivors – children and teenagers then, old men and women now – adds another chapter of inhumanity to the desperate times of the Holocaust era. Through the accounts of the participants, and the precise re-creation of the events by director Janet Tobias, this unusual scenario comes to life from a faraway time, in a faraway land. And beyond the event itself, it is about the gutsy discovery of a cave explorer and his curiosity, the initial telling of the tale in National Geographic magazine,...
- 4/21/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
No Place on Earth
Directed by: Janet Tobias
Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 24 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: April 19, 2013 (Chicago)
Plot: A documentary about an extended family who hid in two different caves to elude the Gestapo during World War II. Partially told with dramatic reenactments.
Who’S It For? One does not need to be a fan of history, or even directly drawn to Holocaust survival stories, to enjoy No Place on Earth. This movie can easily appeal to and entertain any audience member who likes discovering a great true story.
Read our interview with Director Janet Tobias & Survivors Sima Dodyk Blitzer, Sonia Dodyk Hochman, and Sam Stermer
Overall
To paraphrase a point by critic comrade Bill Stamets, “It’s not the survivors’ fault they survived.”
No Place on Earth is evidence that while cinema seems to have a soft spot for stories of survival during the Holocaust, such fascination often comes within reason.
Directed by: Janet Tobias
Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 24 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: April 19, 2013 (Chicago)
Plot: A documentary about an extended family who hid in two different caves to elude the Gestapo during World War II. Partially told with dramatic reenactments.
Who’S It For? One does not need to be a fan of history, or even directly drawn to Holocaust survival stories, to enjoy No Place on Earth. This movie can easily appeal to and entertain any audience member who likes discovering a great true story.
Read our interview with Director Janet Tobias & Survivors Sima Dodyk Blitzer, Sonia Dodyk Hochman, and Sam Stermer
Overall
To paraphrase a point by critic comrade Bill Stamets, “It’s not the survivors’ fault they survived.”
No Place on Earth is evidence that while cinema seems to have a soft spot for stories of survival during the Holocaust, such fascination often comes within reason.
- 4/19/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
No Place on Earth is a documentary about one family’s “bedtime story”; a tale of a family in World War II who successfully hid from the Nazis by hiding in two caves for 511 days straight. As filled with miracles this story may be, the events are all true, as unearthed by cave explorer Chris Nicola. Director Janet Tobias brings the story to life with dramatic reenactments and interviews with the survivors in this enthralling documentary.
Read our “8/10″ review for ‘No Place on Earth’
This is Tobias’ first feature film, with her previous journalistic experience (as a producer) featured on television programs like “Frontline,” and TV docs like “The Battle for America’s Schools,” and “MSNBC Reports: The Next War.”
In this exciting opportunity, I was able to talk to three of the survivors whose story is told in the film, Sima Dodyk Blitzer, Sonia Dodyk Hochman, and Sam Stermer.
Read our “8/10″ review for ‘No Place on Earth’
This is Tobias’ first feature film, with her previous journalistic experience (as a producer) featured on television programs like “Frontline,” and TV docs like “The Battle for America’s Schools,” and “MSNBC Reports: The Next War.”
In this exciting opportunity, I was able to talk to three of the survivors whose story is told in the film, Sima Dodyk Blitzer, Sonia Dodyk Hochman, and Sam Stermer.
- 4/19/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Title: No Place On Earth Magnolia Pictures Director: Janet Tobias Screenwriter: Janet Tobias, Paul Laikin Cast: Saul Stermer, Sam Stermer, Sonia Dodyk, Sima Dodyk, Yetta Stermer, Sol Wexler, Christopher Nicola Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 2/22/13 Opens: April 5, 2013 Some people ask for a respite from Holocaust movies on the grounds that everything said has already been told. One wonders whether these folks would say the same about crime movies, romances, family dysfunction comedies, operas, Shakespeare, etc. In fact, “No Place on Earth” does break new ground, literally in fact, focusing on an event which, if entered into competition in the Guinness Book of World Records would inform us [ Read More ]
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- 2/23/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at the poster for the Magnolia Pictures documentary No Place on Earth . Opening in theaters on April 5, the Janet Tobias-directed film features Chris Nicola, Saul Stermer, Sam Stermer, Sonia Dodyk and Sima Dodyk. In October 1942, Esther Stermer, the matriarch of a Jewish family in the Ukraine, leads her family underground to hide from the pursuing Nazis . and stays nearly a year and a half. Their harrowing story of survival living in near total darkness in two cold, damp caves is one like no other ever told. It was life...like No Place On Earth. Click the poster for a bigger version!
- 2/20/2013
- Comingsoon.net
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