Ghost Elephants

27 Feb 2026

99 min

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Synopsis

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

Werner Herzog

Director

Cast

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Regedor Kaketche

Self - King of the Nkangala

Steve Boyes

Self

Gary Trower

Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist

Kobus

Self

Xui

Self

Xui Dawid

Self

Ellie Armstrong

Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside

Kerllen Costa

Self - Environmental Anthropologist

Katherine Solari

Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University

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