And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity's unique obsession with the camera's image and the social consequences that lay ahead.

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Maximilien Van Aertryck

Narrator (voice)

Chris Anderson

Self (archive footage)

Joe Biden

Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw

Self (archive footage)

Edmund Carpenter

Self (archive footage)

Belle Delphine

Self (archive footage)

Park Dietz

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Kim Jong-un

Self (archive footage)

Xi Jinping

Self (archive footage)

Reed Hastings

Self (archive footage)

Art

Lukas Möllersten

Graphic Designer

Camera

Maximilien Van Aertryck

Additional Photography

Axel Danielson

Additional Photography

Axel Danielson

Director of Photography

Maximilien Van Aertryck

Director of Photography

Crew

Kalle Boman

Creative Consultant

Directing

Axel Danielson

Director

Production

Ludwig Källén

Post Production Coordinator

Ruben Östlund

Executive Producer

Rikke Tambo Andersen

Associate Producer

Axel Danielson

Producer

Erik Hemmendorff

Executive Producer

Vibeke Vogel

Co-Producer

Sound

Anne Gry Kristiansen

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Li Stanley

Music Supervisor

Rasmus Thord

Music Supervisor

Anne Gry Kristiansen

Sound Designer

Jesper Miller

Sound Technical Supervisor

Fabrice Allain

Sound Technical Supervisor