Ghost Elephants

Ghost Elephants

Documentary

Ghost Elephants

★7.7•2026•1 Hours 39 Minutes

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.

Cast

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Steve Boyes

Steve Boyes

Self

Kerllen Costa

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

Regedor Kaketche

Self - King of the Nkangala

António Luhoke

António Luhoke

Self - Luchazi Hunter

Melissa Hawkins

Melissa Hawkins

Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution

Mary Faith Flores

Mary Faith Flores

Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution

Katherine Solari

Katherine Solari

Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University

Ellie Armstrong

Ellie Armstrong

Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside

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