Ghost Elephants

An epic search for a mythical giant

2026•1h 39m

Documentary

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 by technology but remembered in ancestral trance, ritual, and memory.

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Sobey Road Entertainment, National Geographic Documentary Films

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Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Steve Boyes

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Kerllen Costa

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Qui-Dawid

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Kobus

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