Ghost Elephants (2026)
20261h 39mNRDocumentary
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 HerzogNarrator (voice)
Steve BoyesSelf
Kerllen CostaSelf - Environmental Anthropologist- XXuiSelf
- XXui DawidSelf
- KKobusSelf
- GGary TrowerSelf - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
- JJordana MeyerSelf - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
- RRegedor KaketcheSelf - King of the Nkangala
- AAntónio LuhokeSelf - Luchazi Hunter
- MMelissa HawkinsSelf - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
- MMary Faith FloresSelf - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution
- KKatherine SolariSelf - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University
- EEllie ArmstrongSelf - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside
Crew
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Writers
- Werner Herzog
- Music
- Ernst Reijseger
- Cinematography
- Rafael Leyva
- Editing
- Marco Capalbo
Details
- Released
- February 27, 2026
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Sobey Road Entertainment, Skellig Rock, The Roots Production Service
- IMDb
- tt35237771