THEATRICAL CODE IN THE FILM ADAPTATION OF A.P. CHEKHOV’S PLAY "IVANOV"
«Ivanov» - a film by V. Dubrovitsky (2011) is based on the same play by A.P. Chekhov. During the «translation» of the play on the language of cinema the theatrical code is used, herewith the theatrical beginning is available in two versions: theatre as space and theater as a behavioral strategy. The authors of the film very carefully studied previous successful Chechov’s film adaptations, and there are references to the films by I. Kheifits, N. Mikhalkov, S. Ovcharov.