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Ghost Elephants

Werner Herzog

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 ancest...

Ghost Elephants

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Cast

Werner Herzog

Werner HerzogNarrator (voice)

Steve Boyes

Steve BoyesSelf

Kerllen Costa

Kerllen CostaSelf - Environmental Anthropologist

Gary TrowerSelf - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist

Jordana MeyerSelf - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University

Regedor KaketcheSelf - King of the Nkangala

António LuhokeSelf - Luchazi Hunter

Melissa HawkinsSelf - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution

Mary Faith FloresSelf - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution

Katherine SolariSelf - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University

Ellie ArmstrongSelf - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside

Crew

Werner Herzog

Werner HerzogDirector

Carolyn Bernstein

Carolyn BernsteinExecutive Producer

Ernst Reijseger

Ernst ReijsegerOriginal Music Composer

Roger Horrocks

Roger HorrocksCinematography

Steve Boyes

Steve BoyesExecutive Producer

Veronica Ferres

Veronica FerresExecutive Producer

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