Ghost Elephants
An epic search for a mythical giant.
7.7(52) 2026-02-27 99 minDocumentary
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.
DirectorWerner Herzog
WriterWerner Herzog
ProducerAriel Leon Isacovitch
ProducerWerner Herzog
Original Music ComposerErnst Reijseger
ScreenplayWerner Herzog
Cast & characters
Werner Herzog
as Narrator (voice)
Steve Boyes
as Self
Kerllen Costa
as Self - Environmental Anthropologist
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Xui
as Self
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Xui Dawid
as Self
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Kobus
as Self
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Gary Trower
as Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
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Jordana Meyer
as Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
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Regedor Kaketche
as Self - King of the Nkangala
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António Luhoke
as Self - Luchazi Hunter
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Melissa Hawkins
as Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
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Mary Faith Flores
as Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution
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Katherine Solari
as Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University
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Ellie Armstrong
as Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside
