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.

Ghost Elephants (2026)

An epic search for a mythical giant.

★ 7.6/10 February 27, 2026 99 min

Documentary

Director: Werner Herzog  ·  Writer: Werner Herzog

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.

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Director

Werner Herzog

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 Regedor Kaketche Self - King of the Nkangala António Luhoke Self - Luchazi Hunter Melissa Hawkins Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution Mary Faith Flores Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution