Take the following as truth: Nostalgics take tea in the Grand H??tel des Bains to recall the decadent 1900s, evoked there by Thomas Mann's novella (and Luchino Visconti's movie) Death in Venice.
Then the following statement: "The Thomas Mann novella was more successful than the Visconti movie." is true, false, or inconclusive?
Answer: Inconclusive