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2026·Documentary·1h 39m
7.1
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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
elephant
human animal relationship
spiritual journey
spiritual quest
angola
obsessive quest
animal documentary
elephants
wildlife documentary
elephant hero
trance state
on the brink of extinction
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Cast

Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
Steve Boyes
Steve Boyes
Self
Kerllen Costa
Kerllen Costa
Self - Environmental Anthropologist

Crew

Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Director
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Writer
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Screenplay
Ernst Reijseger
Ernst Reijseger
Original Music Composer
Carolyn Bernstein
Carolyn Bernstein
Executive Producer
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Producer
Steve Boyes
Steve Boyes
Executive Producer
Veronica Ferres
Veronica Ferres
Executive Producer
Roger Horrocks
Roger Horrocks
Cinematography
Roger Horrocks
Roger Horrocks
Underwater Camera

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48 reviews
IsaiahWFilms
IsaiahWFilms
6.0★ · 06/18/26
Ghost Elephants
Certainly not herzogs best but what he’s able to do here is really impressive good directing great narration as always and finds the sweet moments in a rather dull story in my opinion but man is he able to find some heart here
Certainly not herzogs best but what he’s able to do here is really impressive good directing great narration as always and finds the sweet moments in a rather dull story in my opinion but man is he able to find some heart here
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Kirill
Kirill
9.0★ · 06/13/26
Ghost Elephants
Where can I buy the FBI t-shirt from the beginning?
Where can I buy the FBI t-shirt from the beginning?
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Jia Hao
Jia Hao
6.0★ · 05/25/26
Ghost Elephants
"As if man is on a mission to destroy what he is part of, what he is part of, in essence, which is life, which is biodiversity."
"As if man is on a mission to destroy what he is part of, what he is part of, in essence, which is life, which is biodiversity."
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Sim
Sim
8.0★ · 05/13/26
Ghost Elephants
Très belle façon de parler des éléphants, de l’Angola et de sa population.
Très belle façon de parler des éléphants, de l’Angola et de sa population.
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Gavin Prine
Gavin Prine
8.0★ · 05/10/26
Ghost Elephants
This was really cool. Seeing someone that is so obsessed with a dream that they almost hesitate when it’s time to achieve it so it doesn’t end is true passion for something. 

Werner Herzog should only do documentaries.
This was really cool. Seeing someone that is so obsessed with a dream that they almost hesitate when it’s time to achieve it so it doesn’t end is true passion for something. 

Werner Herzog should only do documentaries.
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