He recalled the official expectations that his team could not beat the US, which had never lost at the Olympic Games.
Edeshko, one of four surviving Soviet team members, said the victory was nothing short of divine intervention.
The film was produced by the Trite studio of Nikita Mikhalkov, an Oscar winner known for his nationalist views.
The movie has taken 1.82bn rubles (£23.2m) since its release in December, making it the country’s highest-grossing film ever.
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