1992年,作家刘震云经多方考证,查阅资料,创作了《温故1942》。多年以后,这个故事被导演冯小刚看中,他决定将其拍成电影。在电影《温故1942》拍摄完成之后,冯小刚有一个很强烈的感受:“我们都是一个灾民的后代,往回倒回去我们就是一个灾难深重的民族。”他觉得,“电影不能让这300万人复活,但是也许能让他们的死变得有价值。”一场灾难和一个民族的失忆,开始在点点滴滴的拯救中慢慢复活。 In 1992, the writer Liu Zhenyun through multiple textual research, access to information, created the “old man 1942.” Years later, the story was directed by Feng Xiaogang, who decided to film it. Feng Xiaogang had a very strong feeling after the filming of “Wenxu 1942” was completed: “We are all descendants of a disaster victim, and we are a disaster-stricken people who turn back to us.” “He feels,” the film can not let These 3 million people have risen, but may make their deaths worthwhile. "A disaster and a nation’s amnesia began to slowly revive in bit by bit rescue.