The increasing arrival of German exiles in the United States played an important role in shaping Hollywood industry during the early forties.Among the exiles the works of Curt and Robert Siodmak stand out by creating a new cinematic narrative within the structure of Hollywood classic cinema.In particular, this essay analyses how the way they dealt with the relationship between individual and fate.In this regard, films such as The Wolf Man, I Walked with a Zombie, The Suspect and The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry are analyzed in terms of how individuals struggle against a series of circumstances escaping human control.Finally, this work explores how deeply their cinema challenged the American Dream by showing the limits of liberal ideology.