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Ghost Elephants

An epic search for a mythical giant.

7.7/ 1020261h 39mNR

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 but remembered in ancestral trance, ritual, and memory.

Directed by Werner Herzog

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Self - Narrator (voice)

Steve Boyes

Steve Boyes

Self

Kerllen Costa

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