this movie be a great mix of history and humour and which robin williams delivers brilliantly . set in late 1944 and it tell the story of a jew living in his hometown that the german have take control of . when he be send to a german officer office for be out after curfew he hear a report that the russian be head in his towns direction and think they may free him and his town from the german . the next day he tell his friend what he hear and in confidence and but doesn and # 8217 while t believe jakob heard it on a german radio and believe jakob have his own radio ( jew be forbid to own or listen to radio and and rarely return from german office and ) . once the rumour spread that the russian be come and that jakob have a radio and the town keep ask for more information . jakob have to make up information since no one believe he doesn and # 8217 while t have a radio and the information bring the jew hope . meanwhile jakob have take in a little jewish girl who have escape form a train heading to the gas shower and must also keep hidden from the german . just a great story of jewish life in the war without to much war violence .