Ghost Elephants
Werner Herzog2026-02-27
An epic search for a mythical giant.
8.5
99 min
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 by technology but remembered in ancestral trance, ritual, and memory.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Werner Herzog | Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Steve Boyes | Self | Unowned |
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Kerllen Costa | Self - Environmental Anthropologist | Unowned |
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Xui | Self | Unowned |
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Xui Dawid | Self | Unowned |
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Kobus | Self | Unowned |
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Gary Trower | Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist | Unowned |
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Jordana Meyer | Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University | Unowned |
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Regedor Kaketche | Self - King of the Nkangala | Unowned |
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António Luhoke | Self - Luchazi Hunter | Unowned |
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Melissa Hawkins | Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution | Unowned |
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Mary Faith Flores | Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution | Unowned |
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Katherine Solari | Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University | Unowned |
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Ellie Armstrong | Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside | Unowned |