In autumn 1943, in Gross-Partsch, 26-year-old Rosa, who had come from Berlin to stay with the parents of her husband Gregor, who was fighting on the Russian front, was taken by the SS to a mysterious place. Forced to taste a dish, she joins the group of tasters responsible for checking that the food destined for Hitler is not poisoned.
"Every meal could be their last."
Top Billed Cast
Elisa Schlott
Rosa
Max Riemelt
Ziegler
Alma Hasun
Elfriede
Emma Falck
Leni
Olga von Luckwald
Heike
Thea Rasche
Augustine
Berit Vander
Ulla
Kriemhild Hamann
Sabine
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
M MovieGuysVerified TMDB Critic
2025-09-26
"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,...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2026-03-18
“Rosa” (Elisa Schlott) has recently arrived at her in-laws home in Eastern Prussia keen to hear news of her husband who is fighting on the Russian front, when there is a knock at the door. A soldier demands that she accompany him deep into the adjacent forest where they know Adolf Hitler has his “Lion’s Den”. Altogether, there are seven women and all are initially perplexed as their mission seems only to sit at a table and eat meals that the rest of the nation would give their eye teeth for. What’s going on? Well their chef (Boris Aljinovic) enlightens them. They are tasting the fo...
