Ghost Elephants · Sense

Documentary 2026 1h 39m

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Ghost Elephants

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.

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DIRECTOR

Werner Herzog

WRITER

Werner Herzog

SCREENPLAY

Werner Herzog

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Rafael Leyva

EDITOR

Marco Capalbo

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Ernst Reijseger

PRODUCER

Ariel Leon Isacovitch
Werner Herzog

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Andrew Trapani
Brian Nugent
Carolyn Bernstein
Casey Graf
Christopher White
David B. Kirk
David Garrett
David Sze

CAMERA OPERATOR

Johann Vorster

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Eric Averdung
Roger Horrocks

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Ahmed Al-Tayyeb
David Knott
Tobin Armbrust

COLORIST

Juan Salvo
Shane Ross

MUSICIAN

Erik Bosgraaf

UNDERWATER CAMERA

Roger Horrocks

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Ghost Elephants
Released 2026
Directed by Werner Herzog
Title page #1451867

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