Icarus (2017)

7.6/10 121 min Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Bryan Fogel

Self

Dave Zabriskie

Self

Don Catlin

Self

Grigory Rodchenkov

Self

Thomas Bach

Self (archive footage)

Sebastian Coe

Self (archive footage)

Vitaliy Mutko

Self (archive footage)

Dan Cogan

Self (voice)

Jacques Rogge

Self (archive footage)

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