Movie
Ghost Elephants
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2026-02-27
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sobey Road Entertainment, Skellig Rock, The Roots Production Service
- Country
- United States of America, Namibia, Angola
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Werner Herzog as 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
Crew
- Werner Herzog - Director
- Werner Herzog - Writer
- Werner Herzog - Screenplay
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