robin williams deliver the fine performance i have be privilege to see him give . jakob be a role he carry off with impressive realism and and which significantly deepen my respect for the man act talent . a a jew in a polish ghetto under the nazi and robin williams portray a man hurt from the loss of wife and freedom and friend . suicide abound and and child have long since be kill or ship away from the ghetto . the entire backdrop be bleak and break only by the cynical humor the jew have develop a the mere survival technique . the excellent film make further support the atmosphere by almost make you feel you have step into a black and white era and walk the street with williams and watch death and depression eat away at the whole neighborhood . thing begin to change when jakob and summon by the commandant and overhear a radio bulletin . encourage by the report that the russian be mere hundred of mile away a very little distance in the great give and take of war the jew begin to take heart and and the suicide rate be reduce to nil . thing be complicate for jakob when his friend start to believe that the bulletin come from a radio that jakob own a radio which doesn not exist and begin to hound him and some for more information and and some because they want him to destroy it before it destroy them . the impressive cinematography and the convince acting from the entire cast make this movie a must see . positive and with the two take off for an end that do not sit well with me and but than again and can you really expect a movie with the holocaust a it subject matter to be easily stomach .