Ghost Elephants (2026)
An epic search for a mythical giant.
In Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to rediscover the legendary "ghost elephants" of Lisima, creatures presumed lost but remembered in ancestral trance, ritual, and memory.
- Date of release
- 2026-02-27
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (67)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Werner Herzog
Casting
- Werner Herzog — Self - Narrator (voice)
- Steve Boyes — Self
- Kerllen Costa — Self - Environmental Anthropologist
- Xui — Self
- Xui Dawid — Self
- Kobus — Self
- Gary Trower — Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
- Jordana Meyer — Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
- Regedor Kaketche — Self - King of the Nkangala
- António Luhoke — Self - Luchazi Hunter
- Melissa Hawkins — Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
- Mary Faith Flores — Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution
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