Prince Sirki

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Prince Sirki is the personified figure of Death who assumes human form to experience life and love in the play and film "Death Takes a Holiday."

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Prince Sirki canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
personification of Death ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
adaptedBy Casey Robinson ⓘ
Gladys Lehman ⓘ
Maxwell Anderson ⓘ
Walter Ferris ⓘ
appearsIn film "Death Takes a Holiday" (1934) ⓘ
play "Death Takes a Holiday" ⓘ
assumesFormOf human prince ⓘ
basedOn Death ⓘ
causes suspension of deaths during his holiday ⓘ
centralThemeRelation fear of death ⓘ
love versus mortality ⓘ
value of human life ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Alberto Casella ⓘ
experiences human emotions ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
fallsInLoveWith Grazia ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1924 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfWork fantasy drama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasMotivation to experience human life ⓘ
to experience human love ⓘ
to understand why humans fear death ⓘ
hasNature supernatural being ⓘ
hasPower to stop death temporarily ⓘ
influenced later adaptations such as "Meet Joe Black" ⓘ
languageOfWork Italian ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
moralQuestion whether love can justify leaving life ⓘ
narrativeFunction protagonist of "Death Takes a Holiday" ⓘ
portrayedBy Fredric March ⓘ
roleIn "Death Takes a Holiday" ⓘ
settingContext European aristocratic society ⓘ
symbolizes inevitability of death ⓘ
mystery of the afterlife ⓘ
outsider perspective on humanity ⓘ
trueIdentity Death ⓘ
usesAlias Prince Sirki ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Death Takes a Holiday → character → Prince Sirki ⓘ
Prince Sirki → usesAlias → Prince Sirki ⓘ