It’s fair to say that Adolf Hitler was a most disagreeable individual. So it comes as no surprise that many wanted him dead.

He, more than anyone, was well aware of his notoriety, and had checks in place to minimise that particular outcome, and this film puts one of them as the main dish on its menu.

With bombs falling on her home of Berlin, Rosa Sauer (Elisa Schlott) makes her way to a Polish village to stay with her in-laws to take refuge.

Her husband, their son, is in the army, and has been away from them both for some time.

Just as Rosa tries to work out her job opportunities, she’s picked up by the army, along with six other young women.

It’s only when they arrive at their destination, the Nazi headquarters known as the Wolf’s Lair, that they’re made aware of their presence there – to eat. It sounds quite a cushy job, until they’re informed that they are effectively guinea pigs eating food that will be served to the Führer, to see if it’s been poisoned.

Although Italian director Silvio Soldini’s film is classed as an Italian film (co-produced with Belgium and Switzerland), its German cast bring to life an only fairly recently discovered true story.

It follows a group of young women snatched from their family life, to practically be treated as prisoners during the war.

It plays on the irony that Hitler may well have a soft spot for animals, as he was a well known vegetarian, but that sympathetic, caring nature didn’t extend to humans, including women of his own kind.

It’s based on the 2018 novel by Rosella Postorino, which in itself is a fictionalised account of real-life food taster Margot Wölk, whose own story didn’t become commonly known until 2012, shortly after her 95th birthday

Solidini’s film is about seven women, with no say in what happens to them, forced to spend meal times together over a number of years.

Rosa is shunned initially, seen as someone who thinks she’s better than everyone else, coming from Berlin as she does, before they warm to her.

It’s this friendship that blossoms, from curious circumstances, during a war where they are forced to do their duty for Hitler’s safety.

It’s beautifully shot, and told at an elegant - albeit slow – pace, highlighting a rare WW2 story.

And although they are within close proximity to Hitler, he never actually features physically in the film, with just a speech on the radio being heard.

It may well be the bare bones of a true tale, with a number of scenes that take place far from being kosher, but the solidarity of the women and their food version of Russian roulette is a satisfying experience.