Ghost Elephants (2025)
An epic search for a mythical giant.
98 min
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.
- Release date
- February 27, 2026
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Steve Boyes as Self - Ornithologist, Explorer
- Xui as Self - San Bushman Master Tracker
- Kobus as Self - Master Tracker, Healer Apprentice
- Xui Dawid as Self - Master Tracker
- Gary Trower as Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
- Kerllen Costa as Self - Environmental Anthropologist
- Jordana Meyer as Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
- Regedor Kaketche as Self - King of the Nkangala
- Elias Ngunga as Self - Luchazi Tracker
- António Luhoke as Self - Luchazi Hunter
Crew
- Werner Herzog · Director
- Werner Herzog · Writer
- Werner Herzog · Producer
- Ariel Leon Isacovitch · Producer
- Ernst Reijseger · Composer
- Eric Averdung · Cinematographer
- Roger Horrocks · Cinematographer
- Rafael Leyva · Cinematographer
- Marco Capalbo · Editor