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Ghost Elephants

“An epic search for a mythical giant.”

20261h 39mDocumentary

Released

February 27, 2026

7.7

TMDB Score

77% match · 61 votes

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About the Movie

Ghost Elephants poster

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

DirectorWerner Herzog

Released: February 27, 2026
Runtime: 1h 39m
Status: Released
Original language: English
Studios: Sobey Road Entertainment, Skellig Rock, The Roots Production Service

Top Billed Cast

Werner Herzog

Self - Narrator (voice)

Steve Boyes

Self

Kerllen Costa

Self - Environmental Anthropologist

X

Xui

Self

XD

Xui Dawid

Self

K

Kobus

Self

GT

Gary Trower

Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist

JM

Jordana Meyer

Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University

RK

Regedor Kaketche

Self - King of the Nkangala

AL

António Luhoke

Self - Luchazi Hunter

MH

Melissa Hawkins

Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution

MF

Mary Faith Flores

Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution

KS

Katherine Solari

Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University

EA

Ellie Armstrong

Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside

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