On "the 14th", the Protagonist leads a covert CIA extraction during a staged terrorist siege at an opera house in Kyiv. He is saved from KORD forces by a masked operative wearing a red trinket. The Protagonis… See more

• John David Washington as the "Protagonist", a CIA operative, and later an agent of Tenet
• Robert Pattinson as Neil, the Protagonist's handler
• Elizabeth Debicki as Katherine "Kat" Barton, niece of Sir Fredrick Ba… See more

Writer and director Christopher Nolan conceived the ideas behind Tenet over the course of twenty years, but began working on the script in 2014. The title, as well as being a palindrome, is an allusion to the Sator Square. … See more

Ludwig Göransson was chosen to compose the film's music after Nolan's frequent collaborator and first choice, Hans Zimmer, turned down the offer in favor of the 2021 film Dune. Researching retrograde composition led … See more