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"The Tasters" tells the fascinating but tragic story of the young women tasked with tasting Fascist leader Adolf Hitlers food, to ensure it was not tampered with or poisoned.
Whilst based on fact, this film take's a good number of creative liberties. Only one woman lived to tell her story at age 95, the other young tasters allegedly shot, by the advancing Russian army during world war II.
The simple human norm of a shared meal is upended, in a way that's psychologically unsettling and physically oppressive. These women have no choice but to eat a sample of the food prepared by a chef, for Hitler or face threats of immediate violence, if they refuse.Not to mention possible death if the food has in fact, been tampered with.It may be ...