Ghost Elephants
An epic search for a mythical giant.
2026 · 1h 39m · TV-14
Documentary
Directed by
Werner Herzog
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Ghost Elephants
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Werner Herzog Director
- Werner Herzog as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Steve Boyes as Self
- Kerllen Costa as Self - Environmental Anthropologist
- Qui as Self
- Qui-Dawid as Self
- Kobus as Self
- Gary Trower as Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
- Jordana Meyer as Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
- Regedor Kaketche as Self - King of the Nkangala
- António Luhoke as Self - Luchazi Hunter
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