Storyline
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.
Released
2/27/2026
Runtime
1h 39min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Sobey Road Entertainment, Skellig Rock, The Roots Production Service
Cast
Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
Steve Boyes
Self
Kerllen Costa
Self - Environmental Anthropologist
Xui
Self
Xui Dawid
Self
Kobus
Self
Gary Trower
Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
Jordana Meyer
Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
Regedor Kaketche
Self - King of the Nkangala
António Luhoke
Self - Luchazi Hunter
Melissa Hawkins
Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
Mary Faith Flores
Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution
Katherine Solari
Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University
Ellie Armstrong
Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside
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