Ghost Elephants
FEB 27, 2026 · 99 MIN · DIR. WERNER HERZOG
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.
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
Crew
Writer
Werner Herzog
Screenplay
Werner Herzog
Director of Photography
Rafael Leyva
Editor
Marco Capalbo
Original Music Composer
Ernst Reijseger
Producer
Ariel Leon Isacovitch
Producer
Werner Herzog
