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Ghost Elephants

Name: Ghost Elephants
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-02-27
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Werner Herzog, Steve Boyes, Kerllen Costa, Xui, Xui Dawid

An epic search for a mythical giant.

7.8/ 10

2026

1h 39m

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

Writer

Werner Herzog, Werner Herzog

Studios

Sobey Road Entertainment, Skellig Rock, The Roots Production Service

Cast

14 credited

Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
Steve Boyes
Self
Kerllen Costa
Self - Environmental Anthropologist
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Xui
Self
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Xui Dawid

Ghost Elephants

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