Caprona - The Forgotten Land (Blu-Ray)

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Caprona - The Forgotten Land is a British-American feature film from 1975. It is based on the novel The Land That Time Forgot by Tarzan inventor Edgar Rice Burroughs. In 1977, the film continued with Caprona - The Return of the Dinosaurs.

On the coast of Scotland a bottle post is found. Its sender tells an incredible story that he experienced himself:

During the First World War, an American ship was sunk by a German submarine. A handful of survivors, including Bowen Tyler and biologist Lisa Clayton, can save themselves on a rowboat and board the submarine. Tyler successfully challenges commander Dietz and captain von Schönfeldt to command of the submarine. Dietz manipulates the compass to drive south to a supply ship. Tyler manages to torpedo the supply ship, but due to the detour, the submarine has only limited supplies.

Since the team reaches an unknown, icy island. Schönfeldt reports that already in the 18th century an Italian navigator had reported on an unknown island in this area, which he called Caprona. Through a river that flows under the rocky island coast into the sea, the submarine crew enters the interior of the island. There she meets prehistoric creatures, such as pterodactyls and a plesiosaur. This immediately falls victim to a member of the crew, but the dinosaur can be made harmless by Tyler.

When exploring the island, the group encounters more primitive animals as well as primitive people, one of whom befriends them. Together with him, the crew continues their island exploration and encounters warlike prehistoric man. She observes a fight between a Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops and encounters two Styrakosaurs. The farther the group comes to the north, the more developed the life forms are. Lisa finally theorizes that this is due to the water of the river.

A horde of ancient humans attacks the group and kidnaps Lisa; The primitive man friend of the islanders comes to death by a pterodactyl. When a volcano erupts, Dietz and von Schönfeldt set off, leaving Lisa and Tyler behind. When they arrive at the shore, the submarine has already left. Distraught, both must watch as the submarine sinks shortly thereafter.

Lisa and Tyler decide to hike north. Tyler throws a bottle post with his experiences on the island into the sea.