我第一次会见周恩来,是1938年在汉口,当时他正负责与蒋介石政府联系。我那时刚刚拍摄了《西班牙的土地》,并想反映反法西斯战斗的另一个方面:中国的民族主义者和革命者抗击日本帝国主义。周恩来长时间地向我询问了有关西班牙战争和人民参加反对佛朗哥分子和他的盟军的斗争。他对我谈长征谈得很少,而是热心地向我叙述他的国家的形势。我相信决定性的行动是从延安开始,因而我决定到延安去。蒋介石的特务们对我进行阻拦。然而,我终于秘密地拍摄了有周恩来参加的八路军首长们在一所 The first time I met with Zhou Enlai, I was in Hankow in 1938, when he was in charge of contacting the Chiang Kai-shek government. I just had “Spanish land” at that time and would like to reflect on another aspect of the anti-Fascist fight: Chinese nationalists and revolutionaries are fighting Japanese imperialism. Zhou Enlai long time asked me questions about the Spanish war and the people’s participation in the fight against Franco and his allies. He told me very little about the Long March, but enthusiastically told me about his country’s situation. I believe the decisive move started from Yan’an and I decided to go to Yan’an. Chiang Kai-shek’s agents blocked me. However, I finally secretly filmed the first Eighth Route Army with Zhou Enlai