“From”, “at”, “since” or “around” – prepositions like these help us to locate things. They point us in the right direction – in time or place, for example. But it is not always as simple as it seems.

An animated clip about a struggling actor, grappling with German prepositions. A grumpy and demanding director teaches her about the accusative, dative, genitive and two-way prepositions, by giving ...