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Tribulations of a Chinaman in China by Jules Verne: every movie adaptation

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Tribulations of a Chinaman in China by Jules Verne (1879) has been adapted into 2 movies: Up to His Ears (1965), I Hired a Contract Killer (1990).

It is book 19 of the Voyages Extraordinaires series.

About Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

Tribulations of a Chinaman in China is a book by Jules Verne, first published in 1879 (original language: French). It is book 19 in the Voyages Extraordinaires series, which has 16 books on record. Genre: adventure fiction. The first screen adaptation was Up to His Ears in 1965; the most recent released one is I Hired a Contract Killer (1990).

Novel by Jules Verne.

Every adaptation of Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

Up to His Ears

Movie · 1965 · France · directed by Philippe de Broca

1965 film by Philippe de Broca.

I Hired a Contract Killer

Movie · 1990 · Sweden · directed by Aki Kaurismäki

1990 film by Aki Kaurismäki.

Voyages Extraordinaires: books in order

  1. Cinq Semaines en ballon (1863)
  2. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (1864)
  3. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864)
  4. From the Earth to the Moon (1865)
  5. In Search of the Castaways (1864)
  6. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869)
  7. Around the Moon (1870)
  8. A Floating City (1871)
  9. The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa (1872)
  10. The Fur Country (1873)
  11. Around the World in Eighty Days (1872)
  12. The Mysterious Island (1888)
  13. The Survivors of the Chancellor (1875)
  14. Michael Strogoff (1876)
  15. Off on a Comet
  16. The Child of the Cavern (1877)
  17. Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen (1878)
  18. The Begum's Fortune (1879)
  19. Tribulations of a Chinaman in China (1879)
  20. The Steam House (1880)
  21. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon (1881)
  22. Godfrey Morgan (1882)
  23. The Green Ray (1882)
  24. Kéraban the Inflexible (1883)
  25. The Vanished Diamond (1884)
  26. The Archipelago on Fire (1884)
  27. Mathias Sandorf (1885)
  28. The Lottery Ticket (1886)
  29. Robur the Conqueror (1886)
  30. Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South (1887)
  31. The Flight to France (1887)
  32. Two Years' Vacation (1888)
  33. Family Without a Name (1889)
  34. The Purchase of the North Pole (1889)
  35. César Cascabel (1890)
  36. Mistress Branican (1891)
  37. The Castle From Carpathians (1892)
  38. Claudius Bombarnac (1892)
  39. Foundling Mick (1893)
  40. Captain Antifer (1894)
  41. Propeller Island (1895)
  42. Facing the Flag (1896)
  43. Clovis Dardentor (1896)
  44. An Antarctic Mystery (1897)
  45. The Mighty Orinoco (1898)
  46. The Will of an Eccentric (1899)
  47. The Castaways of the Flag (1900)
  48. The Village in the Treetops (1901)
  49. The Sea Serpent (1901)
  50. The Kip Brothers (1902)
  51. Traveling Scholarships (1903)
  52. A Drama in Livonia (1904)
  53. Master of the World (1904)

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Common questions

Has Tribulations of a Chinaman in China been made into a movie?

Yes. Tribulations of a Chinaman in China by Jules Verne (1879) has been adapted into 2 movies: Up to His Ears (1965), I Hired a Contract Killer (1990).

Who wrote Tribulations of a Chinaman in China?

Tribulations of a Chinaman in China was written by Jules Verne and first published in 1879.

How many adaptations of Tribulations of a Chinaman in China are there?

We list 2 screen adaptations: 2 movies.

Is a new Tribulations of a Chinaman in China adaptation coming?

No new adaptation date is on record yet. The latest released adaptation is I Hired a Contract Killer (1990).

Is Tribulations of a Chinaman in China part of a series?

Yes, it is book 19 of the Voyages Extraordinaires series; the series starts with Cinq Semaines en ballon.

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