Ghost Elephants (2025)

  • NR
  • 08/30/2025 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 39m

An epic search for a mythical giant.

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.

Werner Herzog

Director, Writer, Screenplay

Cast

Werner Herzog's headshot

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)
Steve Boyes's headshot

Steve Boyes

Self
Kerllen Costa's headshot

Kerllen Costa

Self - Environmental Anthropologist
Xui's headshot

Xui

Self
Xui Dawid's headshot

Xui Dawid

Self
Kobus's headshot

Kobus

Self
Gary Trower's headshot

Gary Trower

Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
Jordana Meyer's headshot

Jordana Meyer

Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University

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