<p>Last time Mark(100 things we learned from film) was on, we talked about Thatcher, this time it's amazingly someone even worse than Thatcher. In fact, we're having a hard time trying to figure out who could be worse than this guy</p><br><p><br></p><p><em>Based on the award-winning, bestselling book ‘</em><strong><em>At the Wolf’s Table</em></strong><em>’ by Rosella Postorino,&nbsp;</em><strong><em>The&nbsp;Tasters</em></strong><em>&nbsp;reconstructs the true story of the women coerced into being food&nbsp;tasters&nbsp;for Adolf Hitler towards the end of World War II.</em></p><br><p>In 2012, at the age of 95, a woman named&nbsp;<strong>Margot Wölk</strong>&nbsp;revealed that she had been one of the young German women forced to taste Hitler's meals at his hiding spot known as the 'Wolf's Lair'. Until then, no one had ever known about the existence of the food&nbsp;tasters&nbsp;and Margot Wölk was the only one among them to survive the end of the war. Her story inspired Rosella Postorino to write&nbsp;<strong><em>At the Wolf’s Table</em></strong>, which in turn inspired the script for<strong><em>&nbsp;The&nbsp;Tasters</em></strong>.</p><br><p>Directed by Silvio Soldini<em>&nbsp;(Days and Clouds,&nbsp;Two Lives),&nbsp;</em><strong><em>The&nbsp;Tasters</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em>stars Elisa Schlott (<em>Our Miracle Years</em>,&nbsp;<em>The Empress</em>), Max Riemelt (<em>Sense8,&nbsp;Two To One</em>,&nbsp;<em>Berlin Syndrome</em>) and Alma Hasun (<em>The Glory of Life</em>,&nbsp;<em>Corsage</em>).</p><br><p><strong><em><u>LINKS AND STUFF</u></em></strong></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/100things" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Mark and his 100 things</u></a></p><p><a href="http://totalcultzone.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>TotalCultZone.com</u></a> for the Total Cult Zine</p><p><a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>[email protected]</u></a> - To Direct message without that social media guff</p><p>Buy me a coffee get access to the super secret Total Cult Club, includes uncut episodes and occasional bonus pods with cats</p><br><p><br></p><p>Music;</p><p><strong>Tatami: Midnight Drive</strong></p><p>Music from #Uppbeat</p><p><a href="https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-drive" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-drive</u></a></p><p>License code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>