for checking method the authenticity of an identification document

The invention relates to a method for checking the authenticity of an identification document comprising a security feature with viewing angle-dependent representations, comprising detecting (601) a first image of the identification document having the security feature in a first spatial location of the identification document, and detecting (603) a second image of the identification document with the security feature in a second spatial location of the identification document, in order to obtain a sequence of images at different spatial positions of the identification document, and comparing (605) image features of the captured image sequence with reference features to verify the authenticity of the identification document.