Rahn (November 24, 1887) was a German director of silent films who made such classics as Das Verlorene Paradies (1917), Frauen, die den Weg verloren (1926), Hölle der Liebe - Erlebnisse aus einem Tanzpalast (1926), Gern hab\' ich die Frauen geküßt (1926), Ehekonflikte (1927) and Kleinstadtsünder (1927). He died when he was only forty after directing his last film, Tragedy of a Street (Die Dirnentragödie, 1927), which was his only truly important film.