Film · Documentary
Ghost Elephants (2026)
★ 7.6 · 69 votes1 h 39 minDocumentary2026
An epic search for a mythical giant.
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
- Writers
- Werner Herzog
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- February 27, 2026
Cast
Werner HerzogSelf - Narrator (voice)
Steve BoyesSelf
Kerllen CostaSelf - Environmental Anthropologist- XuiSelf
- Xui DawidSelf
- KobusSelf
- Gary TrowerSelf - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
- Jordana MeyerSelf - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
- Regedor KaketcheSelf - King of the Nkangala
- António LuhokeSelf - Luchazi Hunter
- Melissa HawkinsSelf - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
- Mary Faith FloresSelf - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution
- Katherine SolariSelf - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University
- Ellie ArmstrongSelf - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside
