Ghost Elephants (2026)

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

An epic search for a mythical giant.

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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Released 2026-02-27 · 99 min · Documentary

Directed by Werner Herzog

Cast

Werner Herzog as Self - Narrator (voice)
Steve Boyes as Self
Kerllen Costa as Self - Environmental Anthropologist
Xui as Self
Xui Dawid as Self
Kobus as Self
Gary Trower as Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
Jordana Meyer as Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
Regedor Kaketche as Self - King of the Nkangala
António Luhoke as Self - Luchazi Hunter
Melissa Hawkins as Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
Mary Faith Flores as Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution
Katherine Solari as Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University
Ellie Armstrong as Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside