"The scenes depicting the food tastings are deeply uncomfortable. The first time the women sit down to eat they have no clue why they are in Hitler's HQ being served a vegetarian feast. Half-starved after years of food shortages, they tuck in with gusto. Later, after discovering the truth, they can barely bring a spoon to their lips."
"Historians have pointed to lack of evidence, with nothing in the records to back up her witness testimony. Whatever the veracity of the story, it has been turned into a shaky, unconvincing historical drama by Silvio Soldini, whose film is an adaptation of a novel by Rosella Postorino."
"Rosa is presented to us as steely and brave, a protector of the weak; her relationship with the Nazi makes no sense, and the depiction here of pure evil is worryingly shallow. Whatever the facts about Hitler's food tasters, the film doesn't feel artistically truthful."
The film 'The Tasters' dramatizes the disputed account of Margot Wolk, a 95-year-old who claimed to be one of Hitler's food tasters. The story follows Rosa, a young Berlin woman whose husband is missing, who is conscripted along with six other women to taste food at Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters in east Prussia. The women initially eat hungrily, unaware of their purpose, but become unable to eat after learning the truth. The film depicts Rosa's uncomfortable affair with a Nazi officer while portraying her as brave and protective. Historians question the veracity of the food taster account, finding no supporting evidence in records. The film fails to achieve artistic credibility despite its subject matter.
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