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Ghost Elephants

An epic search for a mythical giant.

2026 · PG-13 · 1h 39m

Directed by Werner Herzog

7.6

TMDB audience score
69 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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

  • Katherine Solari
    Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University

  • Ellie Armstrong
    Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside