Ghost Elephants (2026)
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.
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Top Billed Cast: Melissa Hawkins, Ellie Armstrong, Werner Herzog
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
Steve Boyes
Self
Kerllen Costa
Self - Environmental Anthropologist
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Xui
Self
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Xui Dawid
Self
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Kobus
Self
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Gary Trower
Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
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Jordana Meyer
Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
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Regedor Kaketche
Self - King of the Nkangala
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António Luhoke
Self - Luchazi Hunter
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Melissa Hawkins
Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
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Mary Faith Flores
Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution
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Katherine Solari
Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University
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Ellie Armstrong
Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside
