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Check out what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, and, of course, Netflix. Cable On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Epic (animated family adventure; voices of Colin Farrell, Amanda Seyfried; rated PG) Scary Movie 5 (horror-spoof comedy; Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Ashley Tisdale; unrated) Amour (drama; Jean-Louis Trigtignant, Emmanuelle Riva; PG-13) Jayne Mansfield's Car (drama; Billy Bob Thornton, Kevin Bacon; pretheatrical release; rated R) No One Lives (horror; Luke Evans, Adelaide Clemens; rated R) No Place on Earth (documentary; Chris Nicola, Saul Stermer; rated PG-13) A...

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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,...

The Stermer family revisits the cave where they spent more than a year and a half hiding from the Nazis in this exclusive clip No Place on Earth. Director Janet Tobias' documentary blends dramatic reenactments of this family's time in the cave, along with footage of The Stermers' telling their story in present day. Watch as these family members optimistically reflect on such a dark time in this scene from the new documentary, debuting in theaters April 5.

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No Place on Earth was released April 5th, 2013 and stars Chris Nicola, Saul Stermer, Sam Stermer, Sonia Dodyk, Sima Dodyk, Katalin Lábán, Péter Balázs Kiss, Dániel Hegedüs. The film is directed by Janet Tobias.

Janet Tobias talks No Place on Earth, in theaters April 5th

Filmmaker Janet Tobias makes her feature directorial debut with the powerful documentary No Place on Earth, after a successful career as a TV documentary producer for shows such as Dateline NBC, 60 Minutes, and Frontline. The film's inception came from Chris Nicola's National Geographic article that chronicled the incredible journey of the Stermer family, who survived in a Ukranian cave for 18 months (the longest recorded sustained underground survival) while hiding from the Nazis in World War II.

I recently had the chance to speak with Janet Tobias over the phone about No Place on Earth, which debuts in theaters April 5. Here's what she had to say.

I read that you initially had some trepidation about taking on this story, when you first heard about it. Can you talk about discovering Chris' article and what lead you to decide to make this?...

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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Magnolia Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for No Place on Earth, director Janet Tobias' compelling documentary that sheds light on an amazing group of Jewish survivors during World War II. Over the course of 18 months, 38 Ukranian Jews took shelter in caves, in hopes of outlasting the brutal war. Take a look at the first footage from this new film, which includes interviews with actual inhabitants who survived this ordeal.

No Place On Earth Trailer

No Place on Earth brings to light the untold story of thirty-eight Ukrainian Jews who survived World War II by living in caves for eighteen months, the longest-recorded sustained underground survival. Built upon interviews with former cave inhabitants, as well as Chris Nicola, the caving enthusiast who unearthed the story, No Place on Earth is an extraordinary testament to ingenuity, willpower and endurance against all odds.

No Place on Earth comes to theaters April 5th,...

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!