The technical field of the invention is personnel identification. The invention proposes to evaluate movement information from video sequences which are obtained when a typical or preset motion sequence (2; 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) of the person to be identified is performed. The said motion process is recorded and evaluated by means of a synergetic computer in order to obtain high reliability in recognition. Audio and static video information can be evaluated in an accompanying process.