Created by Henryk Sienkiewicz Family Unknown Religion Christianity Creator Henryk Sienkiewicz Last appearance Fire in the Steppe Significant other Krystyna Drohojowska | Gender Male Spouse(s) Krystyna Drohojowska Played by Jan Nowicki First appearance The Deluge Movie Colonel Wolodyjowski | |
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Portrayed by Jan Nowicki (Fire in the Steppe) Similar Krystyna Drohojowska, Michał Wołodyjowski, Barbara Jeziorkowska, Onufry Zagłoba, Azja | ||
Ketling (Hassling-Ketling of Elgin) was a fictional character in Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel Fire in the Steppe, the third volume of his award-winning The Trilogy. A Scotsman, Ketling moved to Poland where he became a Colonel of Artillery in service of the king of Poland John Casimir. Ketling got married to Krystyna Drohojowska, a former fiancee of his friend, Michał Wołodyjowski.
Ketling was killed in the Siege of Kamieniec Podolski, when he (together with Wołodyjowski) blew himself up in a gunpowder depot.
The historical personality on which the character was loosely based was certain Major Heyking, a mercenary from Courland and the commander of the Kamieniec Fortress during the said war.
In 1969 Jerzy Hoffman's film Ketling is portrayed by Jan Nowicki.