Cinema Italian Style: The Tasters (Le assaggiatrici)
November 12, 2025
A gripping historical drama inspired by the incredible true story of Margot Wölk, a woman who was conscripted to be one of Hitler’s food tasters.
Opening Night Film + Party Tickets: $25
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
After Rosa flees Berlin to escape the bombs of World War II, she is recruited to become one of Hitler’s food tasters—a group of young women whose sole job is to sample every dish prepared for the Führer and ensure it hasn’t been poisoned. As the war rages on, Rosa finds herself torn in multiple directions, her loyalties divided between the handsome SS officer Lieutenant Ziegler and the other food tasters who have become her friends, including the sharp and plainspoken Elfriede, who has a secret that could mean death for them both. Based on Italian author Rosella Postorino’s bestselling novel At the Wolf’s Table and inspired by the true story of Margot Wölk, The Tasters is a meticulous story of female solidarity under fascist rule, brought to life through compelling performances and meticulous attention to period detail. The film explores themes of friendship, resistance, desire, and the emotional cost of complicity while revealing how intimacy and suspicion can coexist in the shadow of authoritarian power.
- Original Language Title: Le assaggiatrici
- Director: Silvio Soldini
- Principal Cast: Elisa Schlott, Max Riemelt, Alma Hasun, Emma Falck, Olga Von Luckwald, Thea Rasche, Berit Vander, Kriemhild Hamann
- Country: Italy
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 123 min.
- Producer: Lionello Cerri, Cristiana Mainardi, Joseph Rouschop, Katrin Renz, Stefan Jäger
- Screenplay: Doriana Leondeff, Silvio Soldini, Cristina Comencini, Giulia Calenda, Ilaria Macchia, Lucio Ricca
- Cinematographers: Renato Berta
- Editors: Carlotta Cristiani, Giorgio Garini
- Language: Italian
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- US Distributor: Menemsha Films