Ghost Elephants
2025 · Movie · NR · 99 min · ★ 7.7
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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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2026-02-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (39 votes)
Themes
- elephant
- human animal relationship
- spiritual journey
- spiritual quest
- angola
- obsessive quest
- animal documentary
- elephants
- wildlife documentary
- elephant hero
- trance state
- on the brink of extinction
Cast & crew
Werner Herzog
as Narrator (voice)
Steve Boyes
as Self
Kerllen Costa
as Self - Environmental Anthropologist
- XU
Xui
as Self
- XD
Xui Dawid
as Self
- KO
Kobus
as Self
- GT
Gary Trower
as Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
- JM
Jordana Meyer
as Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
- RK
Regedor Kaketche
as Self - King of the Nkangala
- AL
António Luhoke
as Self - Luchazi Hunter
Directed by Werner Herzog