THEMOVIES

Based on a 2018 Italian historical novel by Rosella Posorino. In turn, the novel is based on the extraordinary account by Margot Wölk about her wartime experiences as one of the food tasters for Adolf Hitler, though these experiences have been disputed by historians. A group of war-weary young women are assembled and isolated to taste, three times a day, vegetarian meals prepared exclusively for the Führer, who resided withdrawn at his Wolfsschanze in East Prussia. Their risk: with each bite they may be consuming deadly poison intended for the Führer. The film is about these women and the community they form under the dark clouds of the Nazi regime: exploring their small personal stories of loss and love. They are victimized and forced to coexist within a framework of betrayal and solidarity. In this very human war film, it is less about bombs and bullets and more about the layered and sometimes difficult moral choices that are unfortunately still relevant to our time.