You might remember the iconic scene in Sergei Eisenstein’s cult black-and-white 1925 film, Battleship Potemkin, when a baby in a carriage slowly tumbles down a long, steep flight of steps. Alyona’s great-grandfather, who lost both of his legs during the First World War, starred in that scene as a young boy and became a bit of a legend in Odesa as a result. A working actor with such a disability in those days was certainly a rarity. Many years later,
