Slavica Maraš

The first story in the "Singles" comedy anthology. A confirmed bachelor considers women to be an "evolutionary mistake" and mocks all his married friends, until he is tempted by his best friend's sister-in-law.

Pajo is a hardworking, lonely but also very rich farmer. His son Toma was, however, bored with country life and tried to seek fortune in the city. Short on money, Toma returns to the farm for a handout while Pajo tries to convince him to stay.

A corrupt village commissar insists on mounting a production of Hamlet. The clever local teacher, however, casts the son of a man framed for theft as Hamlet, and the commissar as the usurping king, leading to a climax of truly Shakespearean proportions.