The lost world is a science fiction novel by british writer arthur conan doyle published in 1912 concerning an expedition to a plateau in the amazon basin of south america where prehistoric animals still survive. At the dawn of the 20th century a band of adventurers are part of an expedition to prove the existence of a lost world isolated from the modern world disaster happens and the band find themselves trapped and isolated in this dangerous land with only the help of a young wild woman who was stranded in the land herself as a child. The lost world ist der englische originaltitel literarischer und filmischer werke die vergessene welt the lost world roman von arthur conan doyle 1912 die verlorene welt 1925 the lost world us amerikanischer spielfilm von 1925 regie harry o hoyt die erste verfilmung des romans von conan doyle versunkene welt the lost world us amerikanischer spielfilm von 1960 regie irwin . Directed by steven spielberg with jeff goldblum julianne moore pete postlethwaite vince vaughn a research team is sent to the jurassic park site b island to study the dinosaurs there while an ingen team approaches with another agenda