Lebende Photographien auf einem laufenden Bande. Guido Seeber 1879–1940. Filmpionier, Kameramann, Filmhistoriker, Techniker
FRG 1979. Dir: Helmut Herbst. Camera: Lilly Grote. 68 min 16mm
Guido Seeber was an important pioneer, inventor, technician, cameraman and animator at the beginning of cinematography up to the phase of the sound film. In interviews, film excerpts, montages, documents and photos, Helmut Herbst traces the aesthetic and technical developments of the first forty years of film history in his documentary about Seeber. For him, Seeber is »the film pioneer for whom cinematography was a universal language«.