Icarus
“Truth is the new banned substance.”
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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2 films
Cast
17 people
Bryan Fogel
Self
Known for
Race to Witch Mountain
Victor Webster
Known for
Continuum
Motherland: Fort Salem
David 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)
Also in
Paris 2024, l'histoire secrète de la victoire
Sebastian Coe
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Deb
One Night In 2012
Bryan Fogel Director · Mark Monroe Writer Timothy Rode Writer
United States release August 4, 2017 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Russian
Production
Diamond Docs
Production
Impact Partners
Production
Alex Productions
Production
Chicago Media Project
Production
Netflix
Studio
Lagralane Group, The
Production
Rise Films
Production
Story Syndicate
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
United States · January 20, 2017
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · August 4, 2017
Digital · Netflix
United States
July 26, 2017 · Premiere · Traverse City Film Festival
December 27, 2022 · Physical
France
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
Italy
June 7, 2017 · Premiere · Milano International Film Festival Awards
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
Japan
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
Netherlands
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
Poland
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
Romania
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
Spain
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
Sweden
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
Türkiye
August 4, 2017 · Digital · Netflix
United Kingdom
June 3, 2017 · Premiere · Sundance London
June 10, 2017 · Premiere · Sheffield Doc/Fest
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