ORWO WOLFEN NC500 135/36

WOLFEN NC500 is a colour negative film with a sensitivity of 500 ASA and 36 shots.

It is the first colour film produced in the German factory in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, where the legendary German ORWO films were produced since 1910. It was released on the German market in the summer of 2022.

The basis of this film is a unique formula derived from Agfa cinematographic material, which was used in the filming of Memories of Africa. It featured typical greens, desaturated shadows and enhanced grain.

In the words of the filmmakers, ORWO NC500 does not try to imitate films currently available on the market, but creates an alternative, a film with different characteristics and a different colour palette.

From ORWO's brand history

ORWO Filmfabrik Wolfen is a 116-year-old company founded in 1909 in Wolfen as an offshoot of the AGFA film company.

In 1936, it developed the first modern colour film, which contained the "Color Coupler" - the Agfacolor Neu colour binder, which simplified processing compared to the Kodachrome film of 1935.

After World War II, Agfa left for West Germany and ORWO(ORiginal WOlfen) was established as a brand for films and cassette tapes, production of which continued at the factory.

After the unification of East and West Germany, the factory was privatised and went bankrupt in the late 1990s.

Production has now been revived, under the management of the German company Filmotec.