Icarus

2017 121 min ★ 7.6 Documentary

While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.

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Cast

Bryan Fogel

Self

Dave Zabriskie

Self

Don Catlin

Self

Grigory Rodchenkov

Self

Scott Brandt

Self

Ben Stone

Self

Richard Pound

Self

Richard McLaren

Self

Nikita Kamaev

Self (archive footage)

Thomas Bach

Self (archive footage)

Details

Director

Bryan Fogel

Tagline

"Truth is the new banned substance."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Diamond Docs, Impact Partners, Alex Productions, Chicago Media Project

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

July 27, 2026

★ 7/10

Talk about giving your all for your art? Well Bryan Fogel gives his ass too as he embarks on a course of testosterone injections under the guidance of Grigory Rodchenkov to prove just how to bust the WADA testing regimens that govern international sport. This is all hot on the heels of the Lance Armstrong scandal that caused cycling to reel with the shock that despite his often publicly issued den...