Ghost Elephants

Name: Ghost Elephants
Director: Werner Herzog
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-02-27
Duration: 99 min

An epic search for a mythical giant.

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Ghost Elephants — Plot

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.

Release date
February 27, 2026
Runtime
99 min
Genres
Documentary
Director
Werner Herzog

Ghost Elephants — Cast

Werner Herzog Self - Narrator (voice)

Steve Boyes Self

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

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Self - Narrator (voice)Werner Herzog
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SelfSteve Boyes
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Self - Environmental AnthropologistKerllen Costa
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SelfXui
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SelfXui Dawid
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SelfKobus
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Self - Anthropologist, San Culture SpecialistGary Trower
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Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford UniversityJordana Meyer
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Self - King of the NkangalaRegedor Kaketche
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Self - Luchazi HunterAntónio Luhoke
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Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian InstitutionMelissa Hawkins
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Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian InstitutionMary Faith Flores
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Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford UniversityKatherine Solari
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Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC RiversideEllie Armstrong
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