In 1993, NYPD officer and caving enthusiast Chris Nicola visited Ukraine to explore the Verteba and Priest's Grotto caves, and found evidence that they had recently been inhabited by humans. After discovering that the caves were used by three Jewish families (Stermer, Dodyk, and Wexler), comprising 38 people, led by matriarch Esther Stermer (1888–1983), escaping the Holocaust, he embarked on a decade-long quest to find survivors. The film features interviews with some of the 36 survivors and/or their descendants, now living mainly in New York City and Montreal. It includes a segment in which Tobias brings some of the survivors, the oldest of whom was a nonagenarian, back to the caves.

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No Place on Earth (2012)

War/Documentary/Drama · 4/5/2013

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In 1993, NYPD officer and caving enthusiast Chris Nicola visited Ukraine to explore the Verteba and Priest's Grotto caves, and found evidence that they had recently been inhabited by humans. After discovering that the caves were used by three Jewish families (Stermer, Dodyk, and Wexler), comprising 38 people, led by matriarch Esther Stermer (1888–1983), escaping the Holocaust, he embarked on a decade-long quest to find survivors. The film features interviews with some of the 36 survivors and/or their descendants, now living mainly in New York City and Montreal. It includes a segment in which Tobias brings some of the survivors, the oldest of whom was a nonagenarian, back to the caves.

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Chris Nicola

Himself
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Saul Stermer

Himself
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Sam Stermer

Himself
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Sonia Dodyk

Herself
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Sima Dodyk

Herself
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Katalin Lábán

Esther Stermer
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Péter Balázs Kiss

Saul Stermer
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Dániel Hegedüs

Sol Wexler
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Balázs Barna Hídvégi

Nissel Stermer
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Fruzsina Pelikán

Sonia Dodyk
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András Orosz

Sam Stermer
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Mira Bonelli

Sima Dodyk
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Norbert Gogan

Louie Wexler
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Réka Gavaldi

Leiche
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Zucker Emanuell

Fischel Dodyk
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László Tamás

Family Member
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Szabolcs Fábián

Family Member
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Viktória Szilágyi

Henia
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Bernadett Sára Borlai

Hannah
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Nóra Kovács

Yetta
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Péter Zsömbelyi

Zaide Stermer
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Borsika Kincsö Illés

Teenage girl in cave
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Sara Shaltout

Teenage girl in cave
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Gusztáv Nemes

Hersch Barad
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Attiláné Varga

Mrs. Barad
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Panna Júlia Moldován

Barad child
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Dániel Koller

Barad child
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Annamária Nagy

Mrs. Mirawald
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Anna Luca Agócs

Child in village
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Gergely Andó

Policeman
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Erzsébet Baczakó

Woman in cave
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Balázs Barna

Man
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Tamás Bohus

Villager
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Róbert Bross

Policeman
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Györgyi Bíró

Woman in cave
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István Bíró

Villager
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Ferenc Bódis

Villager / Farmer
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Norbert Danko

Himself
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Bence Gerö

Sol Wexler (voice)
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András Máté Gomori

Ukrainian Police / Gestapo / Villager
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Dóra Hegedüs

Child in village
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David Kabelitz

Child in village
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Felícián Keresztes

Ukrainian Police
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István Kiss

Ukrainian Man
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Sebastian Csaba Kiss

Ukrainian man
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Zsolt Kovács

Villager / Farmer
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Ákos Kovács

Villager / Farmer
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Attila Kárpáti

Photographer
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Nándor Lovas

Ukrainian Man
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István Major

Ukrainian Police / Gestapo / Villager
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Tamás Mencsik

Ukrainian Police / Gestapo / Villager
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Zoltán Ondi-Kiss

Villager
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Tamás Polgár

Ukrainian man
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Krisztina Pudics

Villager
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Beáta Pálvölgyi

Villager
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Tünde Stefáni

Villager
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Yetta Stermer

Herself
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Gustav Stibranyi

Himself
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Józsefné Szohn

Old Ukrainian woman
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Norbert Szücs

Villager / Farmer
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Imre Temszki

Villager / Farmer
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László Torma

Villager
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Dániel István Varga

Boy with Sol Wexler
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Zsolt Vass

Villager / Farmer
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Csaba Vitális

Munko
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János Várfalvi

Villager / Farmer
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Sergey Yepiphanov

Himself
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Ágoston Zsombor

Ukrainian man
Crew
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Janet Tobias

Director
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Janet Tobias

Writer
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Paul Laikin

Writer
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Esther Stermer

Writer
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Disc Releases
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No Place On Earth

(Blu-ray)

8/20/2013

Disc Title Front Cover

No Place On Earth

(DVD)

8/20/2013

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